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Mythology
mythology
(mythologies) 1. Mythology is a group of myths, especially all the myths from a particular country, religion, or culture. In Greek mythology, the god Zeus took the form of a swan to seduce Leda... This is well illustrated in the mythologies of many cultures. N-VAR • mythological ...the mythological beast that was part lion and part goat. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. You can use mythology to refer to the beliefs or opinions that people have about something, when you think that they are false or untrue. Altman strips away the pretence and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other. N-VAR
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noun (plural -gies) Etymology: French or Late Latin; French mythologie, from Late Latin mythologia interpretation of myths, from Greek, legend, myth, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos + logos speech — more at legend Date: 1603 1. an allegorical narrative 2. a body of myths: as a. the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people b. mythos 2 cold war ~ 3. a branch of knowledge that deals with myth 4. a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something ; myth 2a defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling — Robert Bly • mythologer noun • mythologist noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a body of myths (Greek mythology). 2 the study of myths. Derivatives mythologer n. mythologic adj. mythological adj. mythologically adv. mythologist n. mythologize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). mythologizer n. Etymology: ME f. F mythologie or LL mythologia f. Gk muthologia (as MYTHO-, -LOGY) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n 1 ancient myths in general, and the beliefs they represent (scenes from classical mythology) 2 ideas or opinions that many people believe, but that are wrong or not true (popular mythology about the lives of the royal family) - mythologist n - mythological adj (a mythological hero) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from M.Fr. mythologie, from L.L. mythologia, from Gk. mythologia "legendary lore," from mythos "myth" + -logy "study." Originally in Eng. "exposition of myths," meaning "a body of myths" first recorded 1781. Mythical formed in Eng. 1678; myth is 1830 from Gk. mythos "speech, thought, story, myth." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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