confabulate
verb
uk/kənˈfæb.jə.leɪt/us/kənˈfæb.jə.leɪt/[IorT]psychologyspecialized
toinventexperiencesoreventsthat did not reallyhappen:
(因为虚构症的缘故而)虚谈,虚构He came tobelievethat thesepatientswere confabulating.他开始相信这些病人是患上了虚构症。
He confabulated aversionin which thePresidentpraisedhim for the goodworkhe was doing.他头脑中虚构了一个版本,说总统赞扬他工作出色。
[I]formal
to have aconversation:
闲谈;交谈It was just twooldfriendsconfabulating.这不过是两个老朋友在闲谈而已。
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
 - actuality
 - actually
 - all that glitters is not goldidiom
 - apocryphal
 - fake news
 - false
 - false flag
 - falsely
 - fantastical
 - nothing could be further from the truthidiom
 - nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
 - parallel universe
 - post-factual
 - practically
 - veridical
 - verifiability
 - verifiable
 - verifiably
 - verily
 
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