Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

false memory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: false mem-o-ry
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A memory of something that did not happen, or is recalled differently from the way it actually happened.

Inflected Forms

false memories (plural)

Phrases

false memory syndrome

Synonyms

pseudomnesia pseudorecollection pseudoreminiscence

Questions

What does false memory mean?: A memory of something that did not happen, or is recalled differently from the way it actually happened.

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