confabulation

• Nom désignant une conversation informelle ou une discussion, et en psychiatrie, le processus de création d'un souvenir plausible mais faux pour combler les lacunes de la mémoire.

A noun referring to an informal conversation or chat, or in psychiatry, the act of fabricating a believable but false memory to compensate for gaps in recollection.

1. Informal chatB2informal

   A casual, relaxed conversation between people.

   Conversation informelle

   • We had a pleasant confabulation over coffee.
   • Their confabulation lasted well into the night.
   • The two friends enjoyed a long confabulation about their travels.

   Synonymesbanterchatchatterchitchatconversationgabgossipnattersmall talktalk

2. Fabricated memoryC2formalmedical

   In psychiatry, the production of a plausible but false memory that fills a gap in a person's recollection, often without the intent to deceive.

   Confabulation (psychiatrie)

   • The patient's confabulation about his childhood was detailed but entirely invented.
   • Confabulation can be a symptom of certain neurological conditions.
   • The therapist recognized the story as a confabulation, not a deliberate lie.