Fable
Fable noun - Something that is the product of the imagination.
Usage example: the stories of lost cities of gold may have been fables deliberately concocted by Native Americans to dupe the Spanish
Mendacity and fable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mendacity" instead a noun "Fable".
Nearby Word: fabled
Mendacity
Mendacity noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.
Usage example: highly fictionalized “memoirs” in which the facts were few and the mendacities many
Fable and mendacity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fable" instead a noun "Mendacity".
Nearby Word: mendacious
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