fable

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noun

1. a deliberately false or improbable account
• Syn:
fabrication, fiction
• Derivationally related forms:
fabulous, fabulist, fictional (for: fiction), fictitious (for: fiction), fictionalize (for: fiction), fabricate (for: fabrication)
• Hypernyms:
falsehood, falsity, untruth
• Hyponyms:
canard
2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
• Syn:
parable, allegory, apologue
• Derivationally related forms:
allegorical (for: allegory), allegorize (for: allegory), allegorise (for: allegory), parabolic (for: parable), parabolical (for: parable), fabulous, fabulist
• Hypernyms:
story
• Hyponyms:
Aesop's fables
• Instance Hyponyms:
Pilgrim's Progress
3. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
• Syn:
legend
• Derivationally related forms:
fabulous, fabulist, legendary (for: legend)
• Members of this Topic:
grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal, Round Table, King Arthur's Round Table,
King Arthur's Round Table, Midas, Sisyphus, Tristan, Tristram,
Iseult, Isolde
• Hypernyms:
story
• Hyponyms:
Arthurian legend

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  legend, parable, allegory, apologue, fabrication, fiction