confabulation

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A casual conversation; a chat.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A fabricated memory believed to be true, especially in someone suffering from dementia.

Vertalings

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kənˌfæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem.

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