Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'.
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Fictionalization
//ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən//
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Near-synonym: faction
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