confabulation.

1. The production of mistaken memories or accounts without conscious intent to deceive.

2. A conversation or exchange of talk.

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Words that belong together

• memory confabulation
• a confabulatory account

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The clinician suspected confabulation when the details changed without any sign of deceit.

His account of the journey might have been confabulation rather than a calculated lie.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular confabulation; plural confabulations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.