confabulation
/kənˌfæbjəˈɫeɪʃən/
producing false information without intent to deceive; filling gaps
confabulation in a sentence
“Memory confabulation creates coherent but inaccurate narratives.”
Origin of confabulation
Latin confabulari (to talk together)
Related Words
hallucination
generating plausible but false or unsupported content
grounding
connecting claims to verifiable sources or evidence
epistemic status
the degree of certainty or evidence supporting a claim
credence
a degree of belief in a proposition, often expressed as probability
uncertainty quantification
measuring and communicating the degree of uncertainty in predictions
known unknowns
things we are aware we don't know