misremembered
Got it wrong
Misremembered is the past tense of misremember—to recall something incorrectly.
Unlike forgetting, misremembering involves having a memory that diverges from what actually happened: I misremembered the appointment as being on Thursday.
The word often appears in discussions of false memories or unreliable testimony.
Deliberately untrue statement
- false memoryBelieved but fictional recall
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
- misrecollectionInaccurate remembrance of events
- inaccuracyLack of precision
misconception · misquote · misattribution · embellishment · exaggeration · falsification · misinterpretation · conflation
Widespread identical false recollections
- sharedHeld in common
- massQuantity of matter
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
- widespreadExisting across many places
common · viral · internet · collective · groupthink · social contagion · false consensus · urban legend
Pathological loss of recall
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- fadeLose intensity gradually
- erasureAct of wiping away
slip · blankness · haziness · dimness · vagueness · fuzziness · gaps · patchy
Recalling past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- retrospectReflection on past events
- bygoneOf earlier times
- memoirWritten personal recollection
rosy · golden · idealized · romanticized · wistful · bittersweet · sepia-toned · halcyon
fabrication
Deliberately untrue statement
- false memoryBelieved but fictional recall
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
- misrecollectionInaccurate remembrance of events
inaccuracy · misconception · misquote · misattribution · embellishment · exaggeration · falsification · misinterpretation · conflation · invention
Mandela effect
Widespread identical false recollections
widespread · common · viral · internet · collective · groupthink · social contagion · false consensus · urban legend · apocryphal
amnesia
Pathological loss of recall
erasure · slip · blankness · haziness · dimness · vagueness · fuzziness · gaps · patchy · fragmentary
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- retrospectReflection on past events
- bygoneOf earlier times
memoir · rosy · golden · idealized · romanticized · wistful · bittersweet · sepia-toned · halcyon · sentimentalized