constructive memory

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Synonyms: reconstructive memory

Antonyms: reconstructive memory

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Noun

1. An [[apparent]] memory of an [[event]] that did not [[actually]] [[happen]], that is [[unconsciously]] [[constructed]] [[in order to]] [[fill]] a [[gap]].

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