Synonyms for myth
mɪθmyth

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1. myth

   Fiction is now chiefly used of a prose work in narrative form in which the characters are partly or wholly imaginary, and which is designed to portray human life, with or without a practical lesson; a romance portrays what is picturesque or striking, as a mere fiction may not do; novel is a general name for any continuous fictitious narrative, especially a love-story; fiction and novel are used with little difference of meaning, except that novel characterizes a work in which the emotional element is especially prominent. The moral of the fable is expressed formally; the lesson of the fiction, if any, is inwrought. A fiction is studied; a myth grows up without intent. A legend may be true, but can not be historically verified; a myth has been received as true at some time, but is now known to be false. A fabrication is designed to deceive; it is a less odious word than falsehood, but is really stronger, as a falsehood may be a sudden unpremeditated statement, while a fabrication is a series of statements carefully studied and fitted together in order to deceive; the falsehood is all false; the fabrication may mingle the true with the false. A figment is something imaginary which the one who utters it may or may not believe to be true; we say, "That statement is a figment of his imagination." The story may be either true or false, and covers the various senses of all the words in the group. Apologue, a word simply transferred from Greek into English, is the same as fable. Compare ALLEGORY.

   Synonyms:
   allegory, apologue, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fiction, figment, invention, legend, novel, romance, story

   Antonyms:
   certainty, fact, history, literalness, reality, truth, verity

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1. myth

   Synonyms:
   fable, legend, parable, supposition, fiction, allegory, fabulous story, fabrication

   Antonyms:
   fact, history, narrative

Princeton's WordNet

1. mythnoun

   a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

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1. • Story

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. mythnoun

   Synonyms:
   fable, invention, allegory, parable, fiction, fabulous story

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1. mythnoun

   Synonyms:
   legend, tradition, fable

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1. List of paraphrases for "myth":

   mito, mythe, mythology, myths, legend, mythic, mythical, fable

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1. Janai Nelson:

   My first reaction was disbelief and disappointment, in a case with this much significance, for a Supreme Court justice to make comments that amplify the myth of racial inferiority, is deeply disheartening.

2. Mustafa Barghouti:

   Trying to say Palestinians will just accept the situation if their economic situation will improve is a myth.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   But when the Taliban pushed us, we crushed them, when you set a date certain, and they push on you and you withdraw, inch by inch, yard by yard, this didn't just happen in 11 days-- that's the myth the Biden administration tells. This wasn't 11 days, this was weeks and weeks and weeks of the Taliban advancing on provincial capitals all across the country.

4. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.:

   Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits, values, expectations, dreams. The dialectic between past and future will continue to form our lives.

5. Catherine Collins:

   For too long the nutri-myth of sweeteners being a health risk has remained in popular culture, all current sweeteners in use have been through rigorous safety testing before being acceptable for human use.