mito
myth ; chimera ; El Dorado.
The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.
Librarians should stop chasing the chimera of professionalism, and concentrate on the important work at hand.
The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
auténtico mito
living legend
There's a few times in your life when you get to see a true living legend in person.
desacreditar un mito
debunk + a myth
The author intends to debunk the myths that have grown up around the Internet.
desmitificar un mito
demystify + myth
The book `Life's Like That' demystifies some myths, hopefully triggered some change and established some home truths about homosexuality.
desmontar un mito
demystify + myth
The book `Life's Like That' demystifies some myths, hopefully triggered some change and established some home truths about homosexuality.
destruir un mito
explode + myth
The article 'Those (in)destructible disks: or, another myth exploded' describes the characteristics of the ubiquitous 360K 51/4-inch floppy disc.
hacer desaparecer un mito
dispel + myth
This paper attempts to dispel the myth that people work best under pressure.
mito de la violación [Creencia de que en su interior las mujeres sueñan con ser violadas y disfrutan de que las fuercen sexualmente contra su voluntad]
rape myth
The author quantitatively summarizes the literature examining the association between acceptance of rape myths and exposure to pornography.
mito popular
popular myth
urban legend
folk myth
It became a popular myth because people love to hear about experts being confounded by simple common sense.
Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
To determine whether 'folk myths' regarding the relationships of penile size to body height and foot size have any basis, 63 virile men were studied.
