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mythistory: a standalone construct

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Historiography

a term McNeill coined for the mix of verifiable truth and unifying myth in historical accounts that give groups a shared identity.

In historiography, mythistory refers to a term McNeill coined for the mix of verifiable truth and unifying myth in historical accounts that give groups a shared identity. This meaning comes from McNeill (1986) in The American Historical Review.[1]

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  1. McNeill, W. H. (1986). Mythistory, or Truth, Myth, History, and Historians. The American Historical Review, 91(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/1867232

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