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FABULATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Psychology (General)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Fantastic stories [told] as though they were true - though not involuntarily as in the case of people suffering disturbances of memory ... .

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Récit fantastique et extraordinaire raconté par un sujet qui en est l'inventeur comme s'il s'agissait de faits exacts qu'il aurait vécus.

CONT

On peut distinguer une fabulation normale, habituelle chez l'enfant, d'une fabulation pathologique s'inscrivant dans le cadre de la mythomanie.

Spanish

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