"false memory" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: false memories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} false memory (plural false memories)
  1. (psychology) A memory of something that did not happen or recalled differently from the way it actually happened. Wikipedia link: false memory Categories (topical): Memory, Psychology Synonyms: pseudorecollection, pseudoreminiscence

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