{
    "term": "mythology",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "ancient myths in general; the ancient myths of a particular culture, society, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Narcissus was a character from Greek mythology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has created her own mythology in the books."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a study of the religions and mythologies of ancient Rome"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["History"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["popular", "personal", "national"],
                "verb + mythology": ["enter", "create"],
                "mythology + verb": ["surround somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in (a/​the) mythology",
                    "mythology about",
                    "mythology of"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "ideas that many people think are true but that do not exist or are false",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the popular mythology that life begins at forty"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the mythology that surrounds the princess"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the national mythology of marriage and family"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stories about ghosts in the cathedral have entered the mythology of the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a mythology about how to get fit"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["popular", "personal", "national"],
                "verb + mythology": ["enter", "create"],
                "mythology + verb": ["surround somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "in (a/​the) mythology",
                    "mythology about",
                    "mythology of"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪˈθɒlədʒi/",
                "audio": "my/mythology/mythology__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/mɪˈθɑːlədʒi/",
                "audio": "my/mythology/mythology__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French mythologie, or via late Latin from Greek muthologia, from muthos ‘myth’ + -logia (see -ology)."
}