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What is a myth?

What is a myth? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
  2. (uncountable) Such stories as a genre.
  3. A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
  4. A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
  5. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
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Plato does not provide any consoling myth at all for the jumped-up dictator who claims to know what is best for the people.
The primary myth of advertising is that you can be one of these people and have these things too, if you only buy this product.
It has long been clear that the myth of auditor independence has been a weak link in the financial reporting chain.
Part of the myth is that it's easy, quick, fast money, but there are always strings attached.
But when we consider the status of women in academe, we may confront not so much a myth as a glass half empty or half full.
He also moved to dispel what he said was the myth that Queen Mary never sailed in convoy because she was too quick.

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