5
invention(noun, literature, confusion, deception, belief)
5
lie(noun, literature, nonfiction, fantasy, story)
5
phantasm(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
5
history(noun, report, account, news, tale)
5
lore(noun, body, knowledge, lie, story)
5
untruth(noun, literature, lie, mistake, nonfiction)
4
chimera(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
4
falsehood(noun, literature, lie, mistake, nonfiction)
4
mythology(noun, body, knowledge, experience, belief)
4
old wives' tale(noun, expression, idiom, belief, superstition)
4
apologue(noun, report, account, moral, story)
4
apparition(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
4
creation(noun, belief, real, story, ancient)
4
fib(noun, literature, lie, nonfiction, fantasy)
4
hallucination(noun, fancy, confusion, deception, impression)
4
narrative(noun, report, account, fantasy, book)
3
maggot(noun, imagination)
3
yarn(noun, literature, feature, report, account)
3
bugbear(noun, imagination, ghost)
3
chronicle(noun, report, account, news, tale)
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