8 October 2016
confabulation
[kuh n-fab-yuh-ley-shuh n]
noun
1. the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
2. Psychiatry. the replacement of a gap in a person’s memory by a falsification that he or she believes to be true.
Origin of confabulation
Late Latin
1490-1500; < Late Latin confabulātiōn- (stem of confābulātiō) conversation, equivalent to confābulāt (us) (see confabulate ) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
confabulatory [kuh n-fab-yoo-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] (Show IPA), adjective
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Examples from the Web for confabulation
Contemporary Examples
This is most apparent in his discussion of the many forms of confabulation.
The Unpersuadables: Why Smart People Believe Crazy Theories
Kevin Canfield
March 15, 2014
The constant disinformation, distraction, misdirection, confabulation, and endless stream of threats actually works.
Al-Dura Report: Smear Tactics That Work
Emily L. Hauser
May 23, 2013
Historical Examples
With the details of that confabulation we will not trouble the reader.
The Island Queen
R.M. Ballantyne
During the course of this confabulation evening had come on.
In Search of the Castaways
Jules Verne
Word Origin and History for confabulation Expand
n. mid-15c., “talking together,” from Late Latin confabulationem (nominative confabulatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin confabulari (see confabulate ).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
confabulation in Medicine
confabulation con·fab·u·la·tion (kən-fāb’yə-lā’shən)
n. The unconscious filling of gaps in one’s memory by fabrications that one accepts as facts.
Confabulate
verb (used without object), confabulated, confabulating.
1. to converse informally; chat.
2. Psychiatry. to engage in confabulation.
Examples
Paranormal consultant, Fiona Broome, coined the term ‘Mandela Effect’, to describe collective confabulation; the misremembering of events or facts, such as those who believe there are 52 states in the USA, or that South African activist, Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s when he actually died in 2013, or that Humphrey Bogart said ‘Play it again, Sam’ in the classic movie, Casablanca.
Today’s quote
Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.
– Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Anagram
nonfactual bio
in factual boon
no nautical fob
onto facial bun
On this day
8 October 1769 – Captain James Cook lands at Poverty Bay, New Zealand.
8 October 1939 – birth of Paul Hogan, Australian actor.
8 October 1970 – Soviet dissident author, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Price for Literature. Author of ‘The Gulag Archipelago‘.
8 October 1971 – John Lennon releases the iconic song, ‘Imagine’.
8 October 1980 – Bob Marley collapses on stage in New York. The following day he collapses while jogging in Central Park. He is diagnosed with a brain tumour, which developed from a melanoma that had spread from his toe. He died on 11 May 1981.