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legend

legend A legend is a traditional story that develops around a historical person and is accepted uncritically, often for moral or uplifting purposes, even though it is not fully reliable as history.

A legend is a traditional story that develops around a historical person and is accepted uncritically, often for moral or uplifting purposes, even though it is not fully reliable as history. Unlike myth, it usually centers on a real person rather than a wholly fictional figure.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Legend” (Legend).
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