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fable

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Editorial note

We do not live by the rule of law any more, that is a polite fable.

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Quick take

a deliberately false or improbable account

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a deliberately false or improbable account

noun

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

noun

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fable.

noun

a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

See also: legend

Example sentences

1

We do not live by the rule of law any more, that is a polite fable.

2

Based on what suspects were thinking; it's a dystopian fable.

3

Even the god in the fable you're referencing gave Noah advance notice of the flood.

4

More like not wanting to be hammered over the head with his simplistic, fable-like, morals.

5

Will Tyson be allowed to refer to religion as, "a reassuring fable?

6

It has nothing to do with fashionable fable about ultraweathy ruining everything.

7

There's a fable warning about the problem of throwing out a suggestion because you think one needs to be made, and then everyone going along with it because it's what they think the group wants, when no individual actually wants to do that thing.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use fable in a sentence?

We do not live by the rule of law any more, that is a polite fable.

What does fable mean?

a deliberately false or improbable account

What part of speech is fable?

fable is commonly used as noun.