myth

Meaning of myth

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Such stories as a genre.
    Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)
  3. 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.
    Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years.
  4. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
    Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)
  5. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.

Information about myth

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of myth is: myths.
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Hyphenation of myth

myth

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • myth is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of myth

Anagrams of myth

thym

Words that rhyme with myth

engastrimyth, epimyth, countermyth, Nasmyth, Smyth, smyth

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