A point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact.
A cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person.
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years.
An invented story, theory, or concept.
A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
Such stories as a genre.
A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.