myth

myth
n
1. legend, tale, tradition, old wives' tale, Inf. yarn, romance, saga, epic; history, story, adventure, account, depiction, portrayal, representation, interpretation; fable, apologue, allegory, parable, moral, bestiary; fairy tale, ballad, nursery rhyme.
2. absurdity, nonsense, farce, wild story, tall tale, whopper, folk story; lie, fib, prevarication, Inf. taradiddle; untruth, falsehood; fabrication, cock-and-bull story; moonshine, bosh, claptrap; invention, forgery.
3. fantasy, fancy, whimsy, whim, vagary, conceit; crazy notion or idea, peculiar notion, Inf. screwball or wacky idea; implausibility, unlikelihood; illusion, delusion, daydream.

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  • myth — [ mıθ ] noun ** 1. ) count an ancient traditional story about gods, HEROES, and magic: Greek myths and legends a ) uncount ancient traditional stories: the distinction between myth and history 2. ) count or uncount something that people wrongly… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • Myth — (m[i^]th), n. [Written also {mythe}.] [Gr. my^qos myth, fable, tale, talk, speech: cf. F. mythe.] 1. A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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