antimyth

noun

Meaning

A belief or system that opposes a myth or myths.

Examples

On a deeper level, Stivers believes, there is "an underlying commonality" to myth and ritual of traditional societies and the antimyth of modern, technological society.
Indeed, one way of reading this is not as a myth, but as an antimyth, intended to limit further mythic development.

Word Forms

antimyths

Etymology

From anti- + myth.

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