false-memory syndrome
[ fawls-mem-uh-ree sin-drohm, -druhm ]
noun
a psychological condition in which a person believes that they remember events that have not actually occurred.: Compare recovered memory.
Origin of false-memory syndrome
1First recorded in 1990–95
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How to use false-memory syndrome in a sentence
At some point he mumbled a short editorial about how he had a new appreciation for those suffering false memory syndrome.
British Dictionary definitions for false memory syndrome
false memory syndrome
noun
an alleged condition in which a person undergoing psychotherapy erroneously believes in traumatic events in his or her childhood: See also recovered memory
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