CONFABULATEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

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

動詞

confabulate (三人称単数 現在形 confabulates, 現在分詞 confabulating, 過去形および過去分詞形 confabulated)

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

   Synonym: confab

2. (intransitive) To confer.
3. (transitive, intransitive, 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 ...‎^[1]:

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

派生語

• confab (verb)

関連する語

Latin

Participle

cōnfābulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cōnfābulātus