What does antimyth mean?
Antimyth means (sociology) A belief or system that opposes a myth or myths..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(sociology) A belief or system that opposes a myth or myths..
On a deeper level, Stivers believes, there is "an underlying commonality" to myth and ritual of traditional societies and the antimyth of modern, technological society.
Indeed, one way of reading this is not as a myth, but as an antimyth, intended to limit further mythic development.
Use antimyth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Antimyth means (sociology) A belief or system that opposes a myth or myths..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On a deeper level, Stivers believes, there is "an underlying commonality" to myth and ritual of traditional societies and the antimyth of modern, technological society.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.