Belief and Myth

Belief

Belief noun - Mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon.

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Myth and belief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Myth" instead a noun "Belief".

Nearby Words: believing, believer

Myth noun - A traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature.

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Belief and myth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Belief" instead a noun "Myth".

Nearby Words: mythical, mythic

human	human belief	human myth
old	old belief	old myth
particular	particular belief	particular myth
common	common belief	common myth
Other adjectives: complete, original, popular, actual, real, ancient, persistent, religious, widespread, Christian, Shinto.

The author identifies the giants of Historia Regum Britanniae and similar medieval literature with the Fomorians of Irish myth, and makes them a vital part of the characters' belief system.

Source: Literature / The Realm Of Albion
Gravity Is Only a Theory: In "Good Faith", a man uses his belief that evolution is a myth to justify murdering his daughter's science teacher.

Source: Series / Law & Order
This is actually a very old myth indeed: in Antiquity the belief was that man had declined from a Golden Age.

Source: Analysis / End of an Age

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