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countermyth

  • a word derived from myth.
    myth
    noun
    a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

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Already, some viewers — especially baby boomers who came of age during the Kennedy era — have announced that they’re not interested in having their view of Jacqueline Kennedy ruined by Larraín’s countermyth.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2016

Into this "wasteland" climate of despair, a countermyth of hope, has been introduced.

From Time Magazine Archive