confabulate

/kənfˈabjʊlˌeɪt/

/kənfˈæbjʊlˌeɪt/

[verb]

to confabulate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

talk socially without exchanging too much information

synonyms : chaffer

have a conference in order to talk something over

synonyms : confab

confer

consult

unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory

Examples

1. They'll confabulate a little bit.

2. They'll have reasons that confabulate a little bit.

3. On a popular definition, a person confabulates when they provide an explanation that is not based on evidence, and so is not well founded.

4. and you end up discounting testimony from others again if you have confabulated explanation of your own action then you overestimate the accuracy of own explanation and underestimate you the accuracy of other people's explanation of what you're doing

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