English noun: confabulation |
1. | confabulation (communication) an informal conversation |
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| Synonyms | chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conversation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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2. | confabulation (cognition) (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered |
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| Broader (hypernym) | memory |
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| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology |
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