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legend
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,writing
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[ noun ] (writing) a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Synonyms Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)1 ) Every age rewrites the events of its history in_terms_of what should have been , creating legends about itself that rationalize contemporary beliefs and excuse contemporary actions . Its folklore and legend , usually disguised as history , are allowed to account_for group_actions , to provide a focal_point for group loyalty , and to become a cohesive force for national identification . Such identification comes for each group in each crisis by rewriting history into legend and developing appropriate national heroes . But we must never forget , most_of the appropriate heroes and their legends were created overnight , to answer immediate needs , almost always with conscious aims and ends . 1 ) Most_of the legends that are created to fan the fires of patriotism are essentially propagandistic and are not folk legends at_all . |
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[ noun ] (linguistics,writing) brief description accompanying an illustration
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