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false memory

Syllabification: (false mem·o·ry)
Definition of false memory

noun

Psychology
  • an apparent recollection of an event that did not actually occur, especially one of childhood sexual abuse arising from suggestion during psychotherapy: [as modifier]:false memory syndrome

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Definition of false memory in the British & World English dictionary