National myth

Synonyms for "national myth" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
collective memorycultural artifactcultural narrative

Strong matches (5)

Noun(1 words)
founding myth
Adjective(4 words)
historical objectmemory devicemobilization devicemythical

Related words (7)

Adjective(7 words)
mythicizedmythologizednation-definingnational legendpolitical rhetoricpropaganda toolstate myth

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
cultural artifactcultural constructcultural descriptordescriptive termideologyinterpretive descriptornarrative labelpolitical conceptsocial narrativesymbolic object

More specific

16 entries
civic mytheducational mythexclusionary mythfounding mythheritage displaymuseum exhibitmyth of national greatnessmyth of sovereigntymyth of unitynation-building mythnational legendnationalist mythorigin mythstate propagandasymbolic relicwar myth

Collocations

12 entries
civic mythcollective memorycultural narrativefounding mythhistorical narrativemythmakingnation-building mythnational identitynational myth discoursenational myth narrativeorigin mythstate ideology

Inflections

3 entries
more national mythmost national mythnational myths

Derivations

7 entries