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noun
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stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth.
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any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth.
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an imaginary or fictitious thing or person.
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an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution.
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Myth
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Students will examine stories and myths about ancient Egypt through time.
- Each myth you see takes about 5 to 8 days to bust.
- Thus myth and ritual mutually explain and confirm each other.
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| myth (mɪθ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a story about superhuman beings of an earlier age taken by preliterate society to be a true account, usually of how natural phenomena, social customs, etc, came into existence |
| b. mythology another word for mythology | |
| 2. | a person or thing whose existence is fictional or unproven |
| 3. | (in modern literature) a theme or character type embodying an idea: Hemingway's myth of the male hero |
| 4. | philosophy (esp in the writings of Plato) an allegory or parable |
| [C19: via Late Latin from Greek muthos fable, word] | |
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Word Origin & History
myth
1830, from Gk. mythos "speech, thought, story, myth," of unknown origin.
EXPANDMyths are "stories about divine beings, generally arranged in a coherent system; they are revered as true and sacred; they are endorsed by rulers and priests; and closely linked to religion. Once this link is broken, and the actors in the story are not regarded as gods but as human heroes, giants or fairies, it is no longer a myth but a folktale. Where the central actor is divine but the story is trivial ... the result is religious legend, not myth." [J. Simpson & S. Roud, "Dictionary of English Folklore," Oxford, 2000, p.254]General sense of "untrue story, rumor" is from 1840.
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