confabulation (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
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Hypernym memory
Domain of synset - TOPIC psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Derivationally related form confabulation → confabulate
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Hyponym memory
Member of this domain - TOPIC psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Derivationally related form confabulate → confabulation

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