confabulate
See also: confabúlate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cōnfābulātus, past participle of cōnfābulor.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: con‧fab‧ul‧ate
Verb
editconfabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)
- (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
- Synonym: confab
- (intransitive) To confer.
- (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
- 1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...[1]:
- "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."
Derived terms
edit- confab (verb)
Related terms
editTranslations
editto fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory
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References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “confabulate (v.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editconfabulate
- inflection of confabulare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editconfabulate f pl
Latin
editParticiple
editcōnfābulāte
Spanish
editVerb
editconfabulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of confabularse
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