Confabular

/kənˈfæbjələr/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or characterized by confabulation; describing something involving the mixing of imagination with memory or false recollection.

Etymology

From Latin 'confabulari' (to talk together, to speak falsehoods) with the -ar suffix added to create an adjective form, similar to how 'fabula' relates to 'fabular.'

Kelly Says

Memory scientists use 'confabular' to describe how our brains constantly fill in gaps in memory with plausible-sounding but invented details—your brain is basically a storyteller that doesn't know when it's making things up.

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