Myth synonyms

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fictitious
Not real; pretended; false
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mythos
Mythology.
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fable
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
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tale
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
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folk-tale
Alternative spelling of folktale.
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mythos (Greek)
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fantasy
A work of fiction portraying highly characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world
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belief (related)
(In the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
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mythology (related)
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stereotype (related)
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story (related)
(Chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
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allegorical
That is or contains an allegory
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legendary
The definition of legendary is someone or something that has become famous or well-known, usually as a result of a distinctive or unique characteristic or skill.
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anecdote
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
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folklore
The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a people, transmitted orally.
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tradition
A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
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legend
A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
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non-fiction (antonym)
Alternative spelling of nonfiction.
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fact (antonym)
Something demonstrated to exist or known to have existed:
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figment
The definition of a figment is something imagined.
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invention
(Music) A short composition, usually for a keyboard instrument, developing a single short motif in counterpoint; esp., any of a group of these by J. S. Bach
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real (related)
Real Madrid, a football club from Madrid.
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religion (related)
Religion is a set of beliefs about God or the supernatural.
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superstition (related)
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myths (related)
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notion (related)
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misconception (related)
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truth (related)
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ideology (related)
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fallacy (related)
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lore
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
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saga
A medieval Icelandic or Scandinavian prose narrative dealing with the heroic exploits of legendary and historical kings and warriors or with the traditional history of an important family
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folk ballad
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allegory
A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
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parable
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
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apocryphal
Of or like the Apocrypha
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arcane
Hidden or secret
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fabulous
The definition of fabulous is someone or something that is imaginary, hard to believe or very good.
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fantastic
Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
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mythical
(By extension) not real; false or fabricated.
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mythopoetic
(Mythology) Given the quality of a myth or a poem, used typically in opposition to a purely factual account
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visionary
Existing only in the mind; not real; imaginary
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mythologize
To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. [from 19th c.]
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creation
(Countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
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fiction
Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
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knowledge (related)
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
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paradox (related)
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fabular
Of, or pertaining to, fables.
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christianity (related)
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Myth Sentence Examples

  • At last the myth stopped being repeated.

  • The name, however, is so obscured by myth and fable as scarcely to belong to history.

  • With this may be compared the festivals of Adonis and Osiris and the myth of Persephone.

  • This would leave no time for the growth of his myth.; and his myth was, as is evident from what we have already said and quoted, full-grown in the first half of the 14th century.

  • Hence the battle has been explained as the necklace myth in epic form.

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