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CONFABULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("confabulation" is a kind of...):
memory (something that is remembered)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Derivation:
confabulate (unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An informal conversation
Synonyms:
chat; confab; confabulation; schmoose; schmooze
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("confabulation" is a kind of...):
conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "confabulation"):
causerie; chin-wag; chin-wagging; chin wag; chin wagging; chit-chat; chit chat; chitchat; gab; gabfest; gossip; small talk; tittle-tattle (light informal conversation for social occasions)
Derivation:
confabulate (have a conference in order to talk something over)
confabulate (talk socially without exchanging too much information)
