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{
"term": "mythology",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "ancient myths in general; the ancient myths of a particular culture, society, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Narcissus was a character from Greek mythology."
},
{
"text": "She has created her own mythology in the books."
},
{
"text": "a study of the religions and mythologies of ancient Rome"
}
],
"topics": ["History"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["popular", "personal", "national"],
"verb + mythology": ["enter", "create"],
"mythology + verb": ["surround somebody/something"],
"preposition": [
"in (a/the) mythology",
"mythology about",
"mythology of"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "ideas that many people think are true but that do not exist or are false",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the popular mythology that life begins at forty"
},
{
"text": "the mythology that surrounds the princess"
},
{
"text": "the national mythology of marriage and family"
},
{
"text": "Stories about ghosts in the cathedral have entered the mythology of the town."
},
{
"text": "a mythology about how to get fit"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["popular", "personal", "national"],
"verb + mythology": ["enter", "create"],
"mythology + verb": ["surround somebody/something"],
"preposition": [
"in (a/the) mythology",
"mythology about",
"mythology of"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɪˈθɒlədʒi/",
"audio": "my/mythology/mythology__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/mɪˈθɑːlədʒi/",
"audio": "my/mythology/mythology__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos ‘myth’ + -logia (see -ology)."
}