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pious fiction

Noun
derogatory sometimes
Japanese Meaning
(軽蔑的に用いられることもある)作者が高潔な目的(例えば慈善など)のために、真実であるかのように提示する架空の宗教的物語。 / 真実と装って提供される、架空の宗教ナラティブ。
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その歴史家は、古い聖人伝を、信徒を慰めるための善意の作り話に過ぎないと切り捨てた。

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(sometimes derogatory) A fictional, often religious narrative, presented as true by its author to accomplish some altruistic motive.

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pious fiction

The historian dismissed the old hagiography as little more than a pious fiction meant to comfort the faithful.

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The historian dismissed the old hagiography as little more than a pious fiction meant to comfort the faithful.

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