Meanings
nounmythconception (plural mythconceptions)
plural mythconceptions
- informalrareA popular misconception; something often held to be true that in fact is not.
That Sweden has the highest suicide rate in the world is a common mythconception.
1 more example
The claim that when you have a cold, drinking heavily will get rid of it is just a mythconception.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμῦθος (mûthos)
- Englishmyth
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
- Latinconcipiō
- Latinconceptiō
- Old Frenchconception
- Middle Englishconcepcioun
- Englishconception
- Englishmisconception
- Englishmythconception
Blend of myth + misconception.
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APA
mythconception. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythconception
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“mythconception.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythconception. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mythconception,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythconception.
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