Parable
Parable noun - A short moral story (often with animal characters).
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Short story and parable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short story" instead a noun "Parable".
Nearby Word: parabolical
Short story
Short story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.
Usage example: her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal
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Synonyms for Short story
Parable and short story are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Parable" instead a noun phrase "Short story".
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Related pairs
- romance and parable
- romance and short story
- fairy tale and parable
- fairy tale and short story
- fiction and parable
- fiction and short story
- fable and parable
- fable and short story
- account and parable
- account and short story
- report and parable
- report and short story
- story and parable
- story and short story
Both terms in one sentence
- Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron" is often taken to be a parable against socialism.
Source: Misaimed Fandom / Literature - It helped launch the environmental movement as we know it.The first chapter is a short story parable about a little town that was losing everything good it had — its wildlife, its birds and birdsong, its beauty, its scenery, the health of its people — and had no idea why.
Source: Literature / Silent Spring
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