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📖 Определения и значения для слова myth

📒 a story from ancient times, especially one that was told to explain natural events or to describe the early history of a people; this type of story

  • ancient Greek myths
  • a creation myth (= that explains how the world began)
  • the heroes of myth and legend

📒 something that many people believe but that does not exist or is false

  • It is time to dispel the myth of a classless society (= to show that it does not exist).
  • Contrary to popular myth, women are not worse drivers than men.
  • It's a myth that cats only swish their tails when they are angry.
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