[
  {
    "word": "myth",
    "phonetic": "/m\u026a\u03b8/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/m\u026a\u03b8/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/myth-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2651201",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Such stories as a genre.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/myth"
    ]
  }
]