Confabulate

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What Does Confabulate Mean?

/kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/

verb

To engage in conversation; to chat or talk informally.

进行交谈；非正式地聊天或谈话。

During dinner, we confabulated about our summer plans.
They often confabulate at the coffee shop after work.
The two old friends confabulated for hours, reminiscing about their school days.
At the conference, participants confabulated between sessions to share ideas.
The kids confabulated excitedly about their upcoming field trip.

verb

To fabricate or create false memories without intending to deceive, often seen in psychological contexts.

无意中创造或编造虚假记忆，通常在心理学背景中看到。

Patients may confabulate when asked about events they can't remember.
He began to confabulate about his childhood, mixing real memories with fantasies.
In therapy, confabulation can be a way to fill memory gaps.
She confabulated details of her past to make her story more interesting.
Confabulation is often studied in cases of brain injury.

In psychology, confabulation can be a significant symptom in conditions like Korsakoff syndrome.