1. Plural of confabulation; instances of filling in gaps in memory with fabricated or distorted information without conscious intent to deceive.
Usage: Psychology and neurology term; Often occurs in memory disorders or brain injuries
2. Plural of confabulation; informal conversations or discussions between people.
Usage: Archaic or literary usage; Less common in modern English

Examples

• The patient's confabulations made it difficult for doctors to determine what had actually happened before the accident.
• Memory researchers study confabulations to understand how the brain reconstructs past events.
• Witnesses sometimes produce confabulations when asked leading questions about events they didn't fully observe.
• Brain imaging studies have revealed the neural patterns associated with confabulations.
• The elderly man's confabulations blended real memories with invented details he believed to be true.
• Confabulations are not deliberate lies but rather unconscious memory errors.