NOUN
  • Definition - 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.
  • Definition - Such stories as a genre.
  • Example - Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years.
  • Definition - A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
  • Example - Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)
  • Definition - A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
  • Example - Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)
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5 Letter Words
myths 13
4 Letter Words
myth 12
3 Letter Words
shy 9 thy 9 sty 6
2 Letter Words
hm 7 my 7 sh 5
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