Mythology

Quick meaning: Mythology is a noun meaning (countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.

Meaning

(countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.

More Meanings

1. (countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe.
2. The set of misconceptions and false attitudes that are held about something and contribute to its perception.
3. (uncountable) The systematic collection and study of myths.
4. (countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

Example Sentences

This tongue-in-cheek episode is especially fun for people who don’t take their “X-Files” mythology seriously.

Straight people who do not know, or do not know that they know, any gays, can accept all the mythology about us that is paramount in the propaganda of our enemies.

This program to distinguish Austria from Germany was important to building a new Austria, but it also indirectly contributed to victim mythology by implying that participation in the Nazi war of conquest was antithetical to Austrian identity.

The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

Word Forms

• mythologies

Synonyms for mythology

Depending on context, synonyms include godlore.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include myth, miracle, legend, fairy, lore, legendry.

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