/?ka?n.t??m?θ/us/?ka?n.t???m?θ/amyth(= acommonlybelievedbutfalseidea)thatstatestheoppositeto anothermyth:It is notsurprisingthat muchmythand counter-mythsurroundsthedebate.Asever, there is more than agrainoftruthin themyth, as there is in the countermyth.More examples
It is anagedominatedby thecolonialistcivilizingmythand thenationalistcounter-myth.
Awholegenreofmythand counter-myth hasarisenaround therelationshipbetween the two men.
The new counter-myth ofemancipationsuggeststhat Lincoln was atbestareluctantliberator.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesLies, lying & hypocrisy
a pack of liesidiom
artifice
bad faith
black is whiteidiom
cakeism
canard
falsification
feedsomeonea lineidiom
fib
fiction
flimflam
lie
myth
mythologically
mythologize
perjure
venality
weasel words
white lie
whopper
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