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confabulation

[kuhn-fab-yuh-ley-shuhn] / kənˌfæb yəˈleɪ ʃən /


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This isn’t the same as confabulation, or making a false memory, because what is recalled really happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

A little-studied neurological disorder, confabulation is a memory error that generates false, fabricated, or distorted memories.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2023

As a result of the injury and a subdural haemorrhage, he experienced post-traumatic amnesia, sometimes known as confabulation or false memories.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2018

The over-the-top confabulation drove Modernists mad and made Post-Modernists exult: the style wars were on.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2018

But this episode was symptomatic: even his love for me involved extending the fabric of his psychosis and confabulation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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