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A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend

A false statement or belief

A thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in their imagination

Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people

An enumeration or listing of connected names, facts, or events

(archaic) To write or utter what is not true

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Noun

A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

“Eysup's fable about the tiger and the lemon meringue pie warns children about the dangers of eating something not suitable to their natural diet.”

Noun

A supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend

traditional story

piece of fiction

science fiction

work of fiction

work of imagination

shaggy-dog story

creative writing

old wives' tale

false knowledge

superstitious belief

cock and bull story

traveller's tale

sword and sorcery

traditional wisdom

traditional stories

received wisdom

oral literature

traditional beliefs

old wives' tales

established practice

fictional account

long and short of it

adventure story

firsthand account

characterization

overelaboration

lengthy explanation

the whole picture

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“A romantic fable about guardian angels watching over the old city remains his most successful cinematic venture to date.”

Noun

A false statement or belief

flight of fancy

alternative fact

departure from the truth

figment of the imagination

little white lie

trumped-up story

cock and bull story

terminological inexactitude

one for the birds

piece of fiction

misrepresentation

cock-and-bull story

shaggy-dog story

economy with the truth

figment of imagination

remarkable story

disregard for the facts

deviation from the truth

false statement

conspiracy theory

aggrandizement^US

figure of speech

lack of veracity

aggrandisement^UK

not a true picture

old wivesʼ tale

prepared speech

mistaken belief

pretentiousness

fictitious story

misinterpretation

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“I would surmise that it is a fable that I am averse to foreign cultures.”

Noun

A thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in their imagination

castle in the air

figment of the imagination

flight of fancy

trumped-up story

fool's paradise

cock and bull story

alternative fact

castle in Spain

terminological inexactitude

wishful thinking

piece of fiction

castle in the sky

little white lie

departure from the truth

figment of imagination

unrealistic hope

flight of imagination

fanciful notion

castles in the air

smoke and mirrors

cock-and-bull story

phantom of the mind

creature of the imagination

creation of the brain

unrealizable dream

one for the birds

fantastic notion

mistaken belief

power of invention

cloud cuckoo land

product of someone's imagination

fictitious story

misapprehension

will-o'-the-wisp

eggs in moonshine

optical illusion

unreasonable expectation

foolish expectation

irrational expectation

unrealistic expectation

virtual reality

imaginary vision

mistaken impression

false impression

castles in Spain

inattentiveness

absent-mindedness

self-absorption

visualization^US

conceptualization^US

visualisation^UK

conceptualisation^UK

absence of mind

staring into space

lack of application

lack of concentration

misrepresentation

false statement

end of the rainbow

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

misconstruction

imaginativeness

mental visualization

transient phenomenon

short-lived phenomenon

castle in the skies

unrealistic goal

trick of the light

out-of-body experience

sequence of images

imaginative power

imaginative faculty

pretentiousness

flights of fancy

sneaking suspicion

cloud-cuckoo-land

mirror of the mind

tablets of the memory

eye of the mind

castle-building

passing thought

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Noun

Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people

creative writing

imaginative writing

prose literature

works of fiction

works of the imagination

Noun

An enumeration or listing of connected names, facts, or events

particularizing^US

particularization

particularising^UK

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Verb

(archaic) To write or utter what is not true

“The poets fable, that Apollo being enamored of Cassandra, was by her many shifts and cunning slights still deluded in his desire.”

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