counter-myth
noun[C]
(alsocountermyth)uk/ˈkaʊn.təˌmɪθ/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌmɪθ/amyth(= acommonlybelievedbutfalseidea)thatstatestheoppositeto anothermyth:
It is notsurprisingthat muchmythand counter-mythsurroundsthedebate.
Asever, there is more than agrainoftruthin themyth, as there is in the countermyth.
- It is anagedominatedby thecolonialistcivilizingmythand thenationalistcounter-myth.
- Awholegenreofmythand counter-myth hasarisenaround therelationshipbetween the two men.
- The new counter-myth ofemancipationsuggeststhat Lincoln was atbestareluctantliberator.
Lies, 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