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counter-myth
noun[ C ]
(alsocountermyth)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌmɪθ/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌmɪθ/
a myth(= a commonly believed but false idea) that states the opposite to another myth:
It is not surprising that much myth and counter-myth surrounds the debate.
As ever, there is more than a grain of truth in the myth, as there is in the countermyth.
It is an age dominated by the colonialist civilizing myth and the nationalist counter-myth.
A whole genre of myth and counter-myth has arisen around the relationship between the two men.
The new counter-myth of emancipation suggests that Lincoln was at best a reluctant liberator.
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