Meaning of CONFABULATION
| Pronunciation: | | kun`fabyu'leyshun
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- [n] (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
- [n] an informal conversation
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| | Synonyms: | | chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze |
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| | See Also: | | causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chitchat, conversation, gab, gabfest, gossip, memory, small talk, tittle-tattle | |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*fab`u*la"tion\, n. [L. confabulatio.]
Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious
conversation.
Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times,
as fire in winter. --Burton.
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