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English noun: fable | |||
| 1. | fable (communication) a deliberately false or improbable account | ||
| Synonyms | fabrication, fiction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | falsehood, falsity, untruth | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | canard | ||
| 2. | fable (communication) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | ||
| Synonyms | allegory, apologue, parable | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | story | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Aesop's fables | ||
| Instance hyponym | Pilgrim's Progress | ||
| 3. | fable (communication) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events | ||
| Synonyms | legend | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | story | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Arthurian legend | ||
| Domain category members | grail, hagiology, Holy Grail, Iseult, Isolde, King Arthur's Round Table, Midas, Round Table, Sangraal, Sisyphus, Tristan, Tristram | ||
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