mythos

[ mith-os, mahy-thos ]

/ ˈmɪθ ɒs, ˈmaɪ θɒs /

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noun, plural myth·oi

[mith-oi, mahy-thoi]. /ˈmɪθ ɔɪ, ˈmaɪ θɔɪ/.

the underlying system of beliefs, especially those dealing with supernatural forces, characteristic of a particular cultural group.

myth (def. 1).

mythology (def. 1).

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Origin of mythos

1745–55; <Greek mȳ́thos;see myth

Words nearby mythos

mythomane, mythomania, mythopoeia, mythopoeic, mythopoetize, mythos, Mytilene, Mytishchi, myx-, myxadenoma, myxameba

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How to use mythos in a sentence

This is a mythos that will stump even dedicated comic book readers.
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Silicon Valley’s champions and boosters have perpetuated the mythos of an innovative land of garage startups and capitalist cowboys.
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Of course, the prevailing mythos presents high school football as the ultimate builder of character.
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Music Box: An ornate music box that figures prominently into the Dark Shadows mythos.
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But for all of her comic relief, Blankenship became a tragic figure in the Mad Men mythos, dying silently at her desk.
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Yet still more striking than this, is the part which the dove plays in the Indian mythos of the birth of the Hindoo Saviour.
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The suggested area was not beyond the limits of the Greek mythos.
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Tis the old sweet mythos,the infant nourished at the fathers breast.
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Every human being has his invisible angel, says the mythos; both are different and yet resemble each other.
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Had she only lived earlier in the century she might easily have become the centre of a mythos.
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British Dictionary definitions for mythos

mythos

/ (ˈmaɪθɒs, ˈmɪθɒs) /

noun plural -thoi (-θɔɪ)

the complex of beliefs, values, attitudes, etc, characteristic of a specific group or society

another word for myth, mythology

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