confabulation

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Synonyms: contabulation, confabulative, confabulator, confabulating, confabulations

Antonyms: contabulation, confabulative, confabulator, confabulating, confabulations

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Noun

1. A [[casual#Adjective|casual]] [[conversation]]; a [[chat#Noun|chat]].
2. {{lb|en|psychology}} A [[fabricated#Adjective|fabricated]] [[memory]] [[believe]]d to be [[true]], especially in someone with [[dementia]] or with [[encephalopathy]] from advanced [[alcoholism]].
3. {{lb|en|informal<!--and common in that register-->}} An assertion, statement, or text generated by a [[generative AI]] that is presented by that AI [[as if]] it were true but is in fact a made-up, false notion.

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