mythos

mythos
[ˈmʌɪθɒs, ˈmɪθɒs]
(pl. mythoi -θɔɪ)
  1. (chiefly technical)a myth or mythology
    (主技)神话;神话学
    ■a traditional or recurrent narrative theme or plot structure
    (传统或反复出现的)故事主题;(传统或常出现的)情节结构
    ■a set of beliefs or assumptions about something
    (对某事物的一整套)信念,看法;假设
    the rhetoric and mythos of science create the comforting image of linear progression toward truth.
    科学富有说服力的表述与假设会催生这样一种令人欣慰的看法,认为通往真理的进程是直线式的。
语源
  1. mid 18th cent.: from Greek
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