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AESOP

[ee-suhp, ee-sop]

Origin

noun

c620–c560 b.c., Greek writer of fables.

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Aesop (ˈiːsɒp)

—n
	?620--564 bc, Greek author of fables in which animals are given human characters and used to satirize human failings

Ae'sopian

—*adj*

Ae'sopic

—*adj*

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Aesop

Gk. Aisopos, semi-legendary 6c. B.C.E. fablist. Aesopic is attested from 1927 in ref. to Soviet literary censorship: it refers to an obscure or ambiguous writing, often allegorical, which disguises dissent. The term (Rus. ezopovskii, 1875) arose under the Tsars and the style was used by Russian communists.

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Once they took power the word was applied by them as a charge against their own dissidents.

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