Confabulation
/kənˌfæbjəˈleɪʃn/noun
A conversation or discussion.
We had a pleasant confabulation over dinner.
Often appears as...
- engaging in confabulation
- pleasant confabulation
noun
Making up a story in your mind and believing that it's true.
The patient's confabulation was so detailed, it was difficult to identify it as a fabrication.
Often appears as...
- patient's confabulation
- false confabulation
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
noun
A conversation or discussion.
We had a pleasant confabulation over dinner.
Often appears as...
- engaging in confabulation
- pleasant confabulation
noun
Making up a story in your mind and believing that it's true.
The patient's confabulation was so detailed, it was difficult to identify it as a fabrication.
Often appears as...
- patient's confabulation
- false confabulation
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Casual Use
Used informally to refer to chats or casual talks among friends.
Let's have a confabulation about our weekend plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Debate
Indicates a friendly discussion, not a heated argument.
We had a light confabulation on various topics, avoiding any arguments.
Pro Tip 3/3Sociable Context
Often used to specify conversing in social gatherings.
I enjoyed our morning confabulation over coffee.
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Quote examples
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
I could write a thesis on the physiology of vision. But I had no way to look through the fabric of confabulation spun by a man with severe lung disease who was prescribed 'home oxygen', but gave a false address out of embarrassment because he had no 'home.
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Robin Marantz Henig
Writer
The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial.
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Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
Quote examples
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
I could write a thesis on the physiology of vision. But I had no way to look through the fabric of confabulation spun by a man with severe lung disease who was prescribed 'home oxygen', but gave a false address out of embarrassment because he had no 'home.
Quote examples
Robin Marantz Henig
Writer
The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial.
Quote examples
Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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