antimyth
nounEtymology From anti- + myth.
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Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, 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.1996, John R. Maier, Desert Songs, page 86:
- Indeed, one way of reading this is not as a myth, but as an antimyth, intended to limit further mythic development.2004, Howard Schwartz, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism: