just-so storyn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒʌst ˈsəʊ ˌstɔːri/, U.S.

/ˌdʒəst ˈsoʊ ˌstɔri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: just so adj., story n.

Etymology: < just so adj. + story n.Originally (in sense 1) with reference to, and frequently with allusion to, stories by Rudyard Kipling which appeared under this collective title (compare quots. 1897, 1902 at sense 1).

1. A story which purports to explain the origin or relate the early history of something; a myth; (also) a story with animals as characters.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth > type of

creation story1860

creation myth1863

sun myth1865

solar myth1870

nature myth1871

just-so story1897

monomyth1929

FOAF1989

1897 Ohio Educ. Monthly Dec. 634/1 Rudyard Kipling's first ‘Just-So’ story, which will appear in the Christmas number of St. Nicholas, is illustrated by Oliver Herford.

1902 R. Kipling (title) Just so stories.

1948 J. O. Thomson Hist. Anc. Geogr. v. 168 Others liked geography of this antiquarian cast, and wrote such things as..just-so stories on the legendary origins of place-names and customs.

1976 H. N. Schneidau Sacred Discontent iv. 230 (note) These adduced ‘motives’ seem insufficient for human sacrifice, though they provide aetiological explanations or ‘Just-So Stories’ once the practice was instituted.

2009 G. A. Bradshaw Elephants on Edge xii. 222 When we read the Sheldrick Elephant Keepers' Diaries and Carol Buckley's own, they are more than charming just-so stories.

2. Science. An unfalsifiable and unprovable explanation for a phenomenon; esp. one purporting to show why a particular trait or behaviour has been favoured by natural selection.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun]

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a tale of waltrot1377

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winter story1646

galley-packet1786

galley-yarn1874

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ploda1903

scuttlebutt yarn1918

just-so story1922

1922 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Group Psychol. x. 90 This is only a hypothesis..a ‘Just-So Story’.

1935 Science 12 July 20/2 Because Tarsius sits erect,..ingenious anatomists have made it the hero of a sort of scientific Just So story of primate evolution.

1994 Nature 20 Jan. 234/1 Recent models..often fail to make specific, unique predictions about extinction patterns. Without such predictions, most scenarios are just-so stories.

2003 D. Mackenzie Big Splat vii. 107 Instead of concluding that the Moon had not formed this way, he resorted to making up a ‘just-so story’ that was not based on mathematics at all.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	just-so story
释义	just-so storyn. Brit. /ˌdʒʌst ˈsəʊ ˌstɔːri/, U.S. /ˌdʒəst ˈsoʊ ˌstɔri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: just so adj., story n. Etymology: < just so adj. + story n.Originally (in sense 1) with reference to, and frequently with allusion to, stories by Rudyard Kipling which appeared under this collective title (compare quots. 1897, 1902 at sense 1). 1. A story which purports to explain the origin or relate the early history of something; a myth; (also) a story with animals as characters. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > a mythical story or myth > type of creation story1860 creation myth1863 sun myth1865 solar myth1870 nature myth1871 just-so story1897 monomyth1929 FOAF1989 1897 Ohio Educ. Monthly Dec. 634/1 Rudyard Kipling's first ‘Just-So’ story, which will appear in the Christmas number of St. Nicholas, is illustrated by Oliver Herford. 1902 R. Kipling (title) Just so stories. 1948 J. O. Thomson Hist. Anc. Geogr. v. 168 Others liked geography of this antiquarian cast, and wrote such things as..just-so stories on the legendary origins of place-names and customs. 1976 H. N. Schneidau Sacred Discontent iv. 230 (note) These adduced ‘motives’ seem insufficient for human sacrifice, though they provide aetiological explanations or ‘Just-So Stories’ once the practice was instituted. 2009 G. A. Bradshaw Elephants on Edge xii. 222 When we read the Sheldrick Elephant Keepers' Diaries and Carol Buckley's own, they are more than charming just-so stories. 2. Science. An unfalsifiable and unprovable explanation for a phenomenon; esp. one purporting to show why a particular trait or behaviour has been favoured by natural selection. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] spellc888 triflea1250 talea1325 vanity1340 a tale of waltrot1377 fablec1384 niflec1395 triflerya1400 truffc1430 jest1488 winter's talec1555 winter story1646 galley-packet1786 galley-yarn1874 cuffer1887 ploda1903 scuttlebutt yarn1918 just-so story1922 1922 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Group Psychol. x. 90 This is only a hypothesis..a ‘Just-So Story’. 1935 Science 12 July 20/2 Because Tarsius sits erect,..ingenious anatomists have made it the hero of a sort of scientific Just So story of primate evolution. 1994 Nature 20 Jan. 234/1 Recent models..often fail to make specific, unique predictions about extinction patterns. Without such predictions, most scenarios are just-so stories. 2003 D. Mackenzie Big Splat vii. 107 Instead of concluding that the Moon had not formed this way, he resorted to making up a ‘just-so story’ that was not based on mathematics at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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