mythology

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ UK /mɪˈθɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ See IPA manual

Freq #12896

Meanings

1

noun
The collection of traditional stories of a people about gods, heroes, and the origins of the world.

Greek mythology is full of gods, monsters, and epic adventures.
2

noun
A set of widely believed but false ideas about something.

There is a lot of mythology surrounding how the company was founded.

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Synonyms

godlore

Word family

Forms mythologiesmythologists

Derived forms astromythologyetymythologygeomythologymytharcmythologianmythologicalmythologistmythologizeneomythologyneuromythologypseudomythologyxenomythology

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greek mythology
the traditional stories about gods and heroes from ancient Greece

Adjective + noun

Etymology

First attested as Middle English in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “to tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “to say”). By surface analysis, myth + -ology or mytho- + -logy.

mythologie Middle French mythologia Latin μυθολογία Ancient Greek

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# mythology

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
**IPA (UK):** /mɪˈθɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
**Frequency rank:** 12896

## Meanings
1. The collection of traditional stories of a people about gods, heroes, and the origins of the world.
2. A set of widely believed but false ideas about something.

## Examples
- Greek mythology is full of gods, monsters, and epic adventures.
- There is a lot of mythology surrounding how the company was founded.

## Synonyms
- godlore

## Derived Forms
- astromythology
- etymythology
- geomythology
- mytharc
- mythologian
- mythological
- mythologist
- mythologize
- neomythology
- neuromythology
- pseudomythology
- xenomythology

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mythologie
- Root: mythologia
- Root: μυθολογία

## Etymology
First attested as Middle English in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “to tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “to say”). By surface analysis, myth + -ology or mytho- + -logy.

## AI Etymology
Mythology is first attested as Middle English in 1412. From Middle French mythologie, from Latin mythologia, from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología, “legend”) μυθολογέω (muthologéō, “to tell tales”), from μυθολόγος (muthológos, “legend”), from μῦθος (mûthos, “story”) + λέγω (légō, “to say”). By surface analysis, myth + -ology or mytho- + -logy. In present-day use, it can mean the collection of traditional stories of a people about gods, heroes, and the origins of the world, or a set of widely believed but false ideas about something. Derived formations include astromythology, etymythology, geomythology, mytharc, mythologian.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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