confabulation

英 [kənˌfæbjəˈleɪʃn]

美 [kənˌfæbjəˈleɪʃn]

n.  虚构的故事; 虚构; 谈话; 闲谈

复数：confabulations　

医学

COCA.41900

牛津词典

noun

• 虚构的故事；虚构
  a story that sb has invented in their mind; the act of inventing a story in your mind
• 谈话；闲谈
  a conversation; the activity of having a conversation

英英释义

noun

• (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
• an informal conversation
  Synonym:chatconfabschmoozeschmoose

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