Fable and Truthfulness

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Fable noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.

Usage example: the fables that people tell themselves to rationalize their failures and shortcomings

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Truthfulness is an antonym for fable.

Nearby Word: fabled

Truthfulness noun - Devotion to telling the truth.

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Fable is an antonym for truthfulness.

Nearby Words: truth, truthful, truthfully

historical fable

historical truthfulness

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