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Meaning of "confabulator" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONFABULATOR

confabulator  [kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFABULATOR

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Confabulator is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONFABULATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Confabulation

In psychology, confabulation is a memory disturbance, defined as the production of fabricated, distorted or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world, without the conscious intention to deceive. Confabulation is distinguished from lying as there is no intent to deceive and the person is unaware the information is false. Although individuals can present blatantly false information, confabulation can also seem to be coherent, internally consistent, and relatively normal. Individuals who confabulate present incorrect memories ranging from "subtle alternations to bizarre fabrications", and are generally very confident about their recollections, despite contradictory evidence. Most known cases of confabulation are symptomatic of brain damage or dementias, such as aneurysm, Alzheimer's disease, or Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome. Two types of confabulation are often distinguished: Provoked confabulations represent a normal response to a faulty memory, are common in both amnesia and dementia, and can become apparent during memory tests. Spontaneous confabulations do not occur in response to a cue and seem to be involuntary.

Definition of confabulator in the English dictionary

The definition of confabulator in the dictionary is a person that replaces the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences they consistently believe to be true.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONFABULATOR


accumulator
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtə
ambulator
ˈæmbjʊˌleɪtə
articulator
ɑːˈtɪkjʊˌleɪtə
calculator
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə
circulator
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪtə
coagulator
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪtə
demodulator
diːˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtə
ejaculator
ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪtə
formulator
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪtə
granulator
ˈɡrænjʊˌleɪtə
insulator
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪtə
modulator
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtə
perambulator
pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪtə
regulator
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtə
simulator
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪtə
speculator
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪtə
stimulator
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtə
stridulator
ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪtə
tabulator
ˈtæbjʊˌleɪtə
undulator
ˈʌndjʊˌleɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONFABULATOR

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confab
confabbed
confabbing
confabular
confabulate
confabulation
confabulatory
confarreate
confarreation
confect
confection
confectionaries
confectionary
confectioner
confectioner´s
confectioner´s shop
confectioneries
confectioners´ sugar
confectionery

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONFABULATOR

administrator
annihilator
chelator
correlator
defibrillator
depilator
emulator
escalator
flight simulator
interpolator
invigilator
isolator
legislator
local oscillator
manipulator
oscillator
relator
scintillator
translator
ventilator
violator

Synonyms and antonyms of confabulator in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «confabulator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONFABULATOR

Find out the translation of confabulator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of confabulator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «confabulator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

confabulator
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fabulador
570 millions of speakers

English

confabulator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

confabulator
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

confabulator
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

confabulator
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

confabulator
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

confabulator
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fabulateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Confabulator
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

confabulator
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

confabulator
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

confabulator
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Confabulator
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

confabulator
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

confabulator
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉन्ब्रॅब्युलेटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

confabulator
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

confabulatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

confabulator
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

confabulator
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

confabulator
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

confabulator
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

confabulator
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

confabulator
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

confabulator
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of confabulator

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFABULATOR»

The term «confabulator» is used very little and occupies the 190.267 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFABULATOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about confabulator

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFABULATOR»

Discover the use of confabulator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to confabulator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Women in Cages: Collected Stories
Mann had pointed this out to the Confabulator, who therefore normally waited for a few seconds after Manu had finished talking before replying. But the Confabulator was often carried away by the subject of conversation, and began to speak ...
Vilas Sarang, 2006
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The Literature of Misogyny in Medieval Spain: The Arcipreste ...
To offer the patient a verbal remedy it was necessary that the confabulator keep his attention and not let him drift off into his deep and sorrowful thoughts. Martfnez offers two rhetorical devices to keep the patient listening. First, he repeatedly ...
Michael Solomon, 1997
3
World of the Narcissist
They prop-up the confabulator's self-esteem, regulate his (or her) sense of self - worth, and buttress his (or her) self- image. They serve as organising principles in social interactions. Father's wartime heroism, mother's youthful good looks, one's  ...
Sam Vaknin, 2003
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Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering ...
More precisely, we will present the bullshitter as a chance-confabulator. In four words confabulations are: false reports about memories [16]. Quite recently, a number of studies have been conducted in order to shed light on the very nature of ...
Rossitza Setchi, Ivan Jordanov, Lakhmi C. Jain, 2010
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Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited
They prop-up the confabulator's self-esteem, regulate his (or her) sense of self - worth, and buttress his (or her) self- image. They serve as organising principles in social interactions. Father's wartime heroism, mother's youthful good looks, one's  ...
Samuel Vaknin, Lidija Rangelovska, 2003
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Supervisions with Donald Meltzer: The Simsbury Seminars
D.M.: Is his older brother a confabulator too? To be a confabulator in music is more difficult — although nowadays they call anything music, just as they call anything art, because standard values have disappeared. R: There is something here ...
Rosa Castella, Lluis Farre, Donald Meltzer, 2003
7
Health and Well Being: A Medieval Guide
Andrew Forbes, Daniel Henley, David Henley. Confabulator/ Conversation Nature: It induces sleep. Optimum: That which is suitable to the nature of the person who wishes to sleep. Uses: For those who delight in it. Dangers: It causes boredom ...
Andrew Forbes, Daniel Henley, David Henley
8
I Wonder as I Wander: The Life of John Jacob Niles
In examining the role of original composition in the folk process, she cites Eleanor Long's “four basic types of folk artistry”—“perseverator,” “confabulator,” “ rationalizer,” and “integrator.” Niles's conscious transformation of folk material leading to ...
Ron Pen, 2010
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Toxic Relationships - Abuse and Its Aftermath
The confabulator realises that his recounted exploits are overblown, his brilliance exaggerated, and his sexual irresistibility a myth. Such distinctions never rise to the surface because everyone - the confabulator and his audience alike - have a  ...
Vaknin, Sam
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Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, ...
Nevertheless, it is still the case that the confabulations may appear coherent to the confabulator. This notion is articulated in a recent account of clinical confabulation proposed by Orulv and Hyden (2006). According to this account, the ...
William Hirstein, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFABULATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term confabulator is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bill O'Reilly deserves a medal for his combat confabulations
Now, though, he stands exposed as a confabulator who does not apparently know the difference between an urban dustup and actual combat, ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
2
A psychiatrist's view: Why would Brian Williams make up stories?
... the races, as a confabulator. If you had a sister who confronted a deadly illness as a child, and your family wanted you to believe it was the flu ... «Fox News, Feb 15»
3
True Stories of Trauma and Madness—and Why Portrait Sitters Tend …
Less euphemistically, you could call the left-brain interpreter a part- time confabulator. Split-brain patients confabulate in other circumstances, ... «Scientific American, May 14»
4
Striking a Nerve: TBI Survivors 'Need an Advocate'
When asked about people, places, or events, I was often at a loss for firm answers and quickly became a master confabulator. In conversation, I ... «MedPage Today, Feb 14»
5
Who can explain the Silence of the Cons?
He is truly the Great Confabulator. With Harper, words mean nothing — wording is everything. All manipulators, public or private, assume you'll ... «iPolitics.ca, Feb 14»
6
aka Rockefeller
He came up with the word - confabulator," "Rockefeller explained. "Confabulations -- harmless inventions of fun that don't really hurt anyone," ... «CBS News, Oct 13»
7
When you meet someone who's been told they don't matter, give …
One has become a “confabulator,” using tall tales to find a sense of importance. The other seems to be perpetually injured. Beck says of these ... «Patheos, Jul 13»
8
The Man Who Was Trapped in the Present
He wasn't a confabulator but on occasion he did guess. When I asked him whom we had fought in the Gulf War, for example, he said, Mexico ... «Motherboard, Jun 13»
9
Hansel and Gretel, National Theatre, review
... these Brothers Goon are in such eager haste to show us how they bundle it into their elaborate story-making contraption – “The Confabulator! «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
10
Hansel and Gretel, Cottesloe, NT, London
When they eventually net one, they shove it into their special Heath Robinson-esqe Confabulator machine but unfortunately tumble into it ... «The Independent, Dec 12»

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