Fable and Reality

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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

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Reality is an antonym for fable in fiction topic.

Nearby Word: fabled

Reality noun - Something that actually exists.

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Fable is an antonym for reality.

Nearby Words: realize, real, realise, realistic, realization

old	old fable	old reality
similar	similar fable	similar reality
original	original fable	original reality
actual	actual fable	actual reality
Other adjectives: entire, dark, grim, political, bizarre, historical.

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