confabulates

Meanings

• Verb

  To engage in the act of fabricating or inventing stories, often with deliberate misinformation; to talk or argue in a confused and contradictory way.

  - "After the party, John and Sarah confabulated about what had really happened."
  - "The witnesses confabulated their stories, making it difficult for the investigators to determine the truth."

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Synonyms

confab

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Variants

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confabulate , confabulated , confabulates , confabulating , confabulation , confabulations , confabulator , confabulators , confabulatory

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'confabulari', meaning 'to converse' or 'to talk together'.

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Trivia

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1. Confabulation is not a rare phenomenon – studies suggest that people confabulate stories up to 10% of the time.

2. In psychology, confabulation is often tested using the 'Deese-Roediger-McIntosh' procedure, which involves presenting a list of words and then asking participants to recall a word that was not on the list but is related to the words presented.

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Related Concepts

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1. Fabrication: The act of creating something, especially a lie or a story, from one's imagination.

2. Memory distortion: The alteration or falsification of memories, often due to psychological or neurological factors.

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Culture

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Confabulation is a common phenomenon in psychology, particularly in cases of memory loss or brain injury. It is also a common theme in literature and storytelling, where characters create elaborate lies or fabricate stories.

How to Memorize "confabulates"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a group of people sitting around a table, each one telling a different story. Visualize the confusion and contradiction as they try to piece together the truth.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'confabulate' with 'converse' and 'fabricate'. Remember that it means to talk or argue in a confused and contradictory way, often with deliberate misinformation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'C-F-A-B-U-L-A-T-E' to remember the meaning: 'Confused Fabrications And Bizarre Lies Are Tellable'.

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