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confabulation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
confabulate /kənˈfabjʊleɪt/

▶verb

1 formal converse.

2 Psychiatry fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory.

– derivatives
confabulation noun,
confabulatory adjective.

– origin C17 (earlier (ME) as confabulation): from L. confabulat-, confabulari ‘chat together’.

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