myth
/mɪθ/
A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc; Such stories as a genre; A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception
- plural
- myths
Meanings
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A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc
Do you know any Greek myths?
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I think that's a myth.
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Such stories as a genre
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A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality
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A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legendrare
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A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiablerare
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An invented story, theory, or conceptrare