| NOUN | communication | confabulation, chat, confab, schmooze, schmoose | an informal conversation |
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| cognition | confabulation | (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered |
| Sounds | kahnfae.byahley'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | An informal conversation. | |
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| Synonyms | chat, confab, schmooze, schmoose | |
| Narrower | chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie | light informal conversation for social occasions |
| Broader | conversation | The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. |
| Spanish | charla, confabulación, plática | |
| Catalan | xerrada | |
| Verbs | confabulate | talk socially without exchanging too much information |
| confabulate | have a conference in order to talk something over | |
| Meaning | (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered. | |
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| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Broader | memory | Something that is remembered |
| Verbs | confabulate | unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory |
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