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as in myth
a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature
according to one creation mythos, humans sprang from the forehead of a god
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as in mythology
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place
the Superman mythos has long since become ingrained in popular American culture
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Recent Examples of mythos
French director Simon Panay tackles the complex duality of West African mythos in his latest short film, The Boy with White Skin.
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026
Serpell’s inquiry weighs the consuming mythos around Morrison against the real woman’s complex and thorny output.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Behind all the kitsch, a certain mythos endures.
—Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Thanks to the song’s inclusion in the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle, rock music entered the American consciousness with its visual identity and mythos already set.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026
Serpell’s inquiry weighs the consuming mythos around Morrison against the real woman’s complex and thorny output.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Behind all the kitsch, a certain mythos endures.
—Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Thanks to the song’s inclusion in the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle, rock music entered the American consciousness with its visual identity and mythos already set.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythos
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In the retelling, personal narrative becomes public history, communal memory, and even cultural myth.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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Child murder cases have long held the public’s fascination, from the Greek myth of Medea killing her children to get back at Jason, to the more recent cases of Andrea Yates, Jennifer Hart and Lori Vallow.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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There seems to be a desire to say something about the greed and corruption at the heart of American western mythology this season.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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Piercing the Stones mythology Spitz’s deep reporting often pierces the mythology surrounding the band.—
Marc Ballon,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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In a nod to the hotel’s backyard, a wall of fame steps off the lobby pays tribute to assorted legends of Ojai, including renowned mountaineer and environmentalist Rick Ridgeway, ceramicists Otto and Vivika Heino, and author Aldous Huxley.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The songs are by composing legend Mike Stoller, now 93, and a master tunesmith during the era in which much of the story spans.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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It’s called ‘Spiral’ and it’s set in 1980s Ireland and dripping in folklore, repression and the strangeness of the Irish countryside.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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By Julie Beck Children have a folklore all their own, and the games, rhymes, trends, and legends that catch on spread to many kids across time and space.—
Isabel Fattal,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2026
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But a subversive tradition took hold in the early nineteen-seventies, coinciding with the heyday of Saturday-morning cartoons and children’s educational television.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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By tradition, the secretary-general rotates by region.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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The 2018 Clemson football team routed Alabama in that season’s College Football Playoff National Championship, cementing its place in the sport’s lore.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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McCasland had overseen classified aerospace research at a laboratory that UFO lore identifies as the secret site of debris from the 1947 crash.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Mythos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mythos. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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