antimyth

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ myth

Noun

antimyth (plural antimyths)

1. (sociology) A belief or system that opposes a myth or myths.
   • 1996, John R. Maier, Desert Songs, page 86:

     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.

   • 2004, Howard Schwartz, Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism:

     Indeed, one way of reading this is not as a myth, but as an antimyth, intended to limit further mythic development.

Translations

a belief or system that opposes a myth or myths

• Portuguese: antimito m