confabulateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /kənˈfæbjʊleɪt/
• ハイフネーション: con‧fab‧ul‧ate

動詞

confabulate (third-person singular simple present confabulates, present participle confabulating, simple past and past participle confabulated)

1. (intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.

   Synonym: confab

2. (intransitive) To confer.
3. (ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
   • 1991, George P. Prigatano Chairman, Daniel L. Schacter, Awareness of Deficit after Brain Injury: Clinical and Theoretical Issues ...‎:

     "It has been well established that the speech areas in the absence of input often confabulate a response."

派生語

• confab (verb)

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