Associations to the word «Confabulation»

Wiktionary

CONFABULATION, noun. A casual conversation; a chat.
CONFABULATION, noun. (psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.

Dictionary definition

CONFABULATION, noun. An informal conversation.
CONFABULATION, noun. (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.