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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heading, label |
| Synonyms: | appellation, banner, caption, close, description, head, headline, inscription, legend, name, rubric, salutation, sign, streamer, style, subtitle |
| Main Entry: | folk tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | story that is passed down |
| Synonyms: | folk history, folk story, legend, myth, tradition |
| Main Entry: | old wives' tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | popular belief |
| Synonyms: | allegory, fable, fallacy, false belief, false knowledge, folklore, legend, lore, moral, myth, parable, story, superstition, superstitious belief, tale, tradition, yarn |
| Main Entry: | heroine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brave woman |
| Synonyms: | ace, actress, celebrity, champion, conqueror, demigoddess, female, idol, leading lady, legend, martyr, protagonist, star |
| Notes: | heroin (the drug) is based on Latin/Greek heros 'hero' because of its effects on the user's self-esteem; heroine is a courageous principal female character (the counterpart of hero) |
| Antonyms: | hero |
| Main Entry: | mythos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lore |
| Synonyms: | adage, belief, custom, doctrine, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fable, folklore, information, knowledge, learning, legend, letters, myth, mythology, saga, saw, saying, scholarship, science, superstition, tale, teaching, tradition |
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| Concept: | Record. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
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trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste., monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento (memory); testimonial, medal; commemoration (celebration)., record, note, minute; register, registry; roll (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch (mark); muniment, deed (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate (evidence)., notebook, memorandumbook, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings., gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook, petty cashbook., archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics; compte rendu; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle,annals, legend; history, biography; Congressional Records., registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment; tabulation; entry, booking; signature (identification); recorder; journalism.
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| Antonyms: | obliteration |
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| Concept: | Title. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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title, honor; knighthood (nobility)., highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr., signor, señor, Mein Herr, mynheer; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name., decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one's cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, cockade; livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward.
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