myth
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3.8
- noun
- /mɪθ/
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mito
- Which of these widespread myths is actually true?
- the myth of democracy
- racial myths
- dispel a myth
Which of these widespread myths is actually true?
- Which of these widespread myths is actually true?
- Audible Originals presents the myth of the self-made.
- Are there any sort of common myths that you think most people hold?
- And you can safely avoid these myths if you hear them.
- We, we are still peddling these same myths to a very large extent.
- Now let's talk about some myths that you probably read and heard.
- The image belief, maybe myth of the self-made man.
- So I can dispel those myths to a certain degree as well.
- So that became that became a myth that we need to bust.
- You know, what about this myth that actors are?
- It is to some extent a myth in the imperial.
Examples
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Why are you both propagating these myths?
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We will test this myth of slave brotherhood.
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I have had it with the myth of work life balance.
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Those stories were just a myth.
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And you can safely avoid these myths if you hear them.
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The myth of democracy is always in tension with the myth of religious liberty, of course.
Academic text (1990) -
Contrary to popular New York myth, the Times is not omniscient.
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Forget the myths the media's created about the White House.
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That's also a myth and not at all true.
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Many people believe in the myth that you can get rich quick without hard work.
Synonyms
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1.2
A story or piece of news that people pass on but may not be true
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3.7
A wrong idea that many people believe
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3.9
An old story about the past that may include magic or gods
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4.3
A story many people believe that is probably not true, often about scary or strange events
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3.4
A made-up story told to hide the truth or deceive people
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4.9
A false story told to trick or impress people
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4.6
A made-up story used to avoid blame or trick people
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A made up story told to hide the truth
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6.2
A story passed down about gods, heroes, or magic
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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3.9
Traditional stories people tell to explain past events or cultural beliefs, often not true
How False
Surface Forms
Etymology
Myth also took a second meaning because many old myths were not meant to be taken as literal facts, and so myth can mean a 'widely held but false belief'. That's why we now call common but untrue ideas 'myths'.