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单词 confabulation
释义 con·fab·u·la·tion
\kənˌfabyəˈlāshən, ˌkän-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English confabulacion, from Late Latin confabulation-, confabulatio, from Latin confabulatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
 a. : familiar talk : conversation
  < drew closer in whispered confabulation — Elinor Wylie >
 also : chat
  < the staple of feminine confabulations — George Santayana >
 b. : conference, discussion
  < plans and intrigues and whispered confabulations — Max Lerner >
2. : a filling in of gaps in memory by free fabrication (as in Korsakoff's syndrome)
con·fab·u·la·to·ry \kənˈfabyələˌtōrē\ adjective
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