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1. (n.) myth
a traditional or legendary story, esp. one that involves gods and heroes and explains a cultural practice or natural phenomenon.
2. myth
stories of this kind collectively.
3. myth
an invented story, fictitious person, etc.:
His account of the event is pure myth.
4. myth
a belief or set of beliefs, often unproven or false, that have accrued around a person, phenomenon, or institution:
myths of racial superiority.
Etymology: (1820–30; < LL m&ymacr;thos < Gk mŷthos story, word)
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| Definition of 'myth' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) myth
a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
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1. (noun) myth
an ancient story used to explain sth
a Native American myth about the creation of the world; the characters of Greek myth
2. myth
sth that many people believe to be good or true, which is not
the myth of the president's economic policies
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) myth
a story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical
2. (noun) myth
a person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable
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Sense: an ancient, fictional story, especially one dealing with gods, heroes etc.
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 Afrikaans: mite |
 Arabic: أسْطورَه |
 Bulgarian: мит |
 Brazilian: mito |
 Czech: mýtus |
 German: die (Götter-) Sage |
 Danish: myte |
 Greek: μύθος |
 Spanish: mito |
 Estonian: müüt |
 Farsi: افسانه |
 Finnish: myytti |
 French: mythe |
 Hebrew: מִיתוֹלוֹגיָה |
 Hindi: कल्पित कथा |
 Croatian: mit, priča |
 Hungarian: mítosz |
 Indonesian: dongeng |
 Icelandic: goðsögn |
 Italian: mito |
 Japanese: 神話 |
 Korean: 신화 |
 Lithuanian: mitas |
 Latvian: mīts |
 Malay: dongeng |
 Dutch: mythe |
 Norwegian: (gude)sagn, myte |
 Polish: mit |
 Persian: افسانه |
 Pashto: افسانه |
 Portuguese: mito |
 Romanian: mit |
 Russian: миф |
 Slovak: mýtus |
 Slovenian: mit, bajka |
 Serbian: mit |
 Swedish: myt, gudasaga |
 Thai: นิทานปรัมปรา |
 Turkish: efsane |
 Taiwanese: 神話 |
 Ukrainian: міф |
 Urdu: اسطور، روایتی قصہ |
 Vietnamese: thần thoại |
 Chinese: 神话 |
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