ALL meanings of myth
myth
M m - noun myth A traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. 1
- noun myth mythical story, legend 1
- noun myth a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. 1
- noun myth sth not true 1
- noun myth stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth. 1
- noun myth any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth. 1
- noun myth an imaginary or fictitious thing or person. 1
- noun myth an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution. 1
- variable noun myth A myth is a well-known story which was made up in the past to explain natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs. 0
- variable noun myth If you describe a belief or explanation as a myth, you mean that many people believe it but it is actually untrue. 0
- noun myth 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 0
- noun myth a person or thing whose existence is fictional or unproven 0
- noun myth (in modern literature) a theme or character type embodying an idea 0
- noun myth (esp in the writings of Plato) an allegory or parable 0
- abbreviation MYTH mythological 0
- abbreviation MYTH mythology 0
- noun myth a traditional story of unknown authorship, ostensibly with a historical basis, but serving usually to explain some phenomenon of nature, the origin of man, or the customs, institutions, religious rites, etc. of a people: myths usually involve the exploits of gods and heroes 0
- noun myth such stories collectively; mythology 0
- noun myth any fictitious story, or unscientific account, theory, belief, etc. 0
- noun myth any imaginary person or thing spoken of as though existing 0