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apocryphal

apocryphal
Adjective

This term describes narratives that possess a convincing quality but lack factual verification. It is frequently used in academic, historical, or journalistic contexts to label urban legends or anecdotal evidence that, while culturally significant, cannot be proven. The connotation is often neutral or slightly skeptical, suggesting a story is a myth rather than a deliberate lie.

In a theological context, the word refers specifically to texts excluded from the official biblical canon. This usage carries a more formal, ecclesiastical weight, distinguishing between authorized scripture and writings deemed non-canonical or spurious.

Meanings

Adjectiveapocryphal

Of a story or statement that is widely circulated as being true, but is actually false or of doubtful authenticity.

The story about the founder meeting a ghost is widely considered apocryphal.

Adjectiveapocryphal

Of a biblical text that is not considered to be genuine or canonical.

The priest discussed several apocryphal gospels that were excluded from the New Testament.

Examples

The story about the founder starting the company in a garage is likely apocryphal.

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The story about the founder starting the company in a garage is likely apocryphal.

I suspect this urban legend is entirely apocryphal.

Trivia

I suspect this urban legend is entirely apocryphal.

Is that anecdote actually true or just some apocryphal tale passed down through the years?

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Is that anecdote actually true or just some apocryphal tale passed down through the years?

The scholar argued that the manuscript was apocryphal and written centuries after the event.

History

The scholar argued that the manuscript was apocryphal and written centuries after the event.

He reads the apocryphal gospels to get a different perspective on early Christian thought.

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He reads the apocryphal gospels to get a different perspective on early Christian thought.

Maybe the whole thing is just an apocryphal myth to make the hero look better.

Fantasy

Maybe the whole thing is just an apocryphal myth to make the hero look better.

That claim about the ghost in the attic sounds a bit too apocryphal for my taste.

Supernatural

That claim about the ghost in the attic sounds a bit too apocryphal for my taste.

The detective realized the witness was reciting an apocryphal version of the events.

Detective

The detective realized the witness was reciting an apocryphal version of the events.

It is an apocryphal story, but it still carries a powerful moral lesson.

School Life

It is an apocryphal storybut it still carries a powerful moral lesson.

Related Words

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