| 单词 | mythology |
| 释义 | mythology (once / 735 pages) n A mythology is a collection of myths or stories about a specific person, culture, religion, or any group with shared beliefs. Most people don’t consider mythology to be entirely true, but they still take it seriously. A myth is a story about the olden days, often featuring supernatural characters, and a mythology is a bunch of myths that are related to each other. Greek mythology is filled with tales about relationships between gods and humans, usually with gods pulling pranks all the time. Christian mythology tells the story of God creating the Earth and everything after. Mythology can also mean the study of myths in an academic situation, like studying mythology at a university. WORD FAMILYmythology: mythologic, mythological, mythologies, mythologise, mythologist, mythologize+/demythologise: demythologised/demythologize: demythologization, demythologized, demythologizes, demythologizing/mythologic: mythologically/mythologisation: demythologisation/mythologise: demythologise, mythologisation, mythologising/mythologist: mythologists/mythologize: demythologize, mythologization, mythologized, mythologizes, mythologizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe story touches upon elements from the “Harry Potter” and “X-Men” mythologies, if seen through the eyes of David Lynch. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Nazi mythologies about Hitler’s origins emphasized his poverty and homelessness as a young man, as well as his disdain for creature comforts. Salon(Dec 23, 2016) Trump offered a version of this claim many times, part of the mythology that he built a real estate empire by himself. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1n myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person Hypo|Hyper classical mythology the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks Norse mythologythe mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity Greek mythologythe mythology of the ancient Greeks Roman mythologythe mythology of the ancient Romans accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 2n the study of myths Hyper cultural anthropology, social anthropology the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society |
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