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Confabulation

Definition

(formal) A mixture of real and imagined events, often used to describe the confused or distorted memories of someone with a mental health condition or brain injury, or the act of talking or discussing something at length, especially in an informal or friendly way.

Example Sentences

1The patient's confabulation of the accident made it difficult for doctors to piece together what had actually happened.
2Is it possible that the witness's testimony was a confabulation of what they had seen and what they had heard from others?
3The two friends engaged in a lively confabulation about their favorite books and authors.
4Researchers have found that confabulation can be a common symptom of certain neurological disorders.
5The politician's speech was criticized for being a confabulation of vague promises and empty rhetoric.

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