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Confabulation   /kənfˌæbjəlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Confabulation

noun
1.
An informal conversation.  Synonyms: chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze.
2.
(psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.






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"Confabulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the two at this, and at the end of it the first man said: "It's all the same to us, where we have our little confabulation. Come down, and look sharp ...
— The Tinted Venus - A Farcical Romance • F. Anstey

... vine had crept up and curled around a long-handled rake that had been standing against the front of the house since early spring. There was an air of cosy and amiable disorder about the place that would have invited friendly confabulation even had not Uncle Bart's white head, honest, ruddy face, and smiling welcome coaxed you in before you were aware. A fine Nodhead apple tree shaded the side windows, and underneath it reposed all summer a bright blue sleigh, for Uncle Bart always described himself as being ...
— The Story Of Waitstill Baxter • By Kate Douglas Wiggin

... stuffed pheasants, and a little mahogany buffet,—having, we say, led Clarence to this sanctuary of retiring stewardship, he placed a seat for him and said,—"Between you and me, sir, be it respectfully said, I am not sorry that our little confabulation should pass alone. Ladies are very delightful, very delightful, certainly: but they won't let one tell a story one's own way; they are fidgety, you know, sir,—fidgety, nothing more; 't is a trifle, but it is unpleasant. Besides, ...
— The Disowned, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton



Words linked to "Confabulation" :   chin wag, memory, chit-chat, psychopathology, psychiatry, causerie, chitchat, gossip, psychological medicine, chat, schmoose, conversation, gab, confabulate, chin wagging, chin-wagging, tittle-tattle, chit chat, chin-wag, gabfest, small talk



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