"just-so story" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: just-so stories [plural]
Etymology: From Rudyard Kipling's book of such stories, entitled Just So Stories (1902). Head templates: {{en-noun|head=just-so story}} just-so story (plural just-so stories)
  1. (anthropology, social sciences, literature) A story used as an explanation of a current state of affairs. Wikipedia link: Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling, just-so story Categories (topical): Anthropology, Literature, Social sciences

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