confabulate

• Verb, das bedeutet, ein informelles Gespräch oder eine Diskussion zu führen; in der Psychologie bezeichnet es das Auffüllen von Gedächtnislücken mit erfundenen oder verfälschten Details.

A verb meaning to engage in informal conversation or discussion, or in psychology, to fill gaps in memory with fabricated or misinterpreted details.

1. Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in memoryC2formal

   To fill gaps in one's memory with fabricated or distorted details, often without the intention to deceive, typically as a result of a neurological condition or psychological process.

   Konfabulation

   • The patient began to confabulate, describing events that never happened as if they were real.
   • After the accident, he would confabulate stories about his childhood that his family knew were false.
   • Researchers studied how the brain can confabulate memories under stress.

2. Talk socially without exchanging too much informationC1formal

   To engage in light, informal conversation or chat, often about trivial matters.

   Plaudern

   • They confabulated over coffee about the weather and local news.
   • At the party, guests confabulated in small groups, avoiding serious topics.
   • We confabulated for a while before the meeting started.

   Synonymechatchatterchitchatconversegossiptalkvisit

3. Have a conference in order to talk something overC1formal

   To hold a formal discussion or meeting to deliberate on a specific matter.

   Beraten

   • The board members confabulated to decide the company's future strategy.
   • They confabulated for hours before reaching a consensus.
   • The diplomats confabulated in a closed session to resolve the dispute.

   Synonymeconferconsultconversedeliberatediscussnegotiateparleytalk