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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024myth /mɪθ/USA pronunciation n. - Mythology a traditional story, esp. one that involves gods and heroes and explains a practice or some natural object or phenomenon:[countable]Greek, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, African, and Indian myths.
- Mythology stories of this kind thought of as a group;
mythology:[uncountable]the study of ancient myth. - an invented story, fictitious person, etc.: [uncountable]His account of the event is pure myth.[countable]Her story is just a myth.
- a belief or set of beliefs that surround a person, a phenomenon, or an institution:[countable]myths of racial superiority.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024myth (mith),USA pronunciation n. - Mythologya traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
- Mythologystories or matter of this kind:realm of myth.
- any invented story, idea, or concept:His account of the event is pure myth.
- an imaginary or fictitious thing or person.
- an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution.
- Greek mŷthos story, word
- Late Latin mȳthos
- 1820–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See legend. 3. fiction, fantasy, talltale.
myth., - mythological.
- mythology.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: myth /mɪθ/ n - a story about superhuman beings of an earlier age taken by preliterate society to be a true account, usually of how natural phenomena, social customs, etc, came into existence
- another word for mythology,
- a person or thing whose existence is fictional or unproven
Etymology: 19th Century: via Late Latin from Greek muthos fable, word Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: myth. abbreviation for - mythological
- mythology
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