Noun: confabulation kun,fab-yu'ley-shun
- (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered
"The patient's confabulation about meeting the president was a symptom of his condition"
- An informal conversation
"They enjoyed a pleasant confabulation over coffee";
- chat, confab [informal], schmooze [informal], schmoose [informal], natter [informal]
Derived forms: confabulations
Type of: conversation, convo [Austral, informal], memory
Encyclopedia: Confabulation