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myth
1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon b: parable
, allegory2 a: a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone
; especially : one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of society <seduced by the American myth of individualism
— Orde Coombs> b: an unfounded or false notion3: a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence4: the whole body of myths
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