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just-so story noun

  /ˌd͡ʒʌstˈsoʊ ˌstɔɹi/ , /ˌd͡ʒʌstˈsəʊ ˌstɔːɹi/
  • (literature) A story, especially one for children, featuring animals as characters.
 eläinsatu
  • (social sciences, especially, anthropology, philosophy, chiefly, derogatory) An untestable explanation for something, such as a form of behaviour, a biological trait, or a cultural practice.
 selittely, selitys
  • A story which supposedly explains the beginning or early development of a current state of affairs; a myth, a pourquoi story.
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