"black legend" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: black legends [plural]
Etymology: Genericized use of Black Legend, a calque from Spanish Leyenda Negra coined by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La Leyenda Negra y la Verdad Histórica. The Spanish term is in turn likely a calque of French légende noire, an expression by Arthur Lévy in his 1893 book Napoléon intime. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Black Legend}} Black Legend, {{clq|en|es|Leyenda Negra|notext=1}} Spanish Leyenda Negra, {{clq|en|fr|légende noire|notext=1}} French légende noire Head templates: {{en-noun}} black legend (plural black legends)
  1. Historiographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of biased reporting and introduction of fabricated, exaggerated and/or decontextualized facts is directed against particular persons, nations or institutions with the intention of creating a distorted and uniquely inhuman image of them. Wikipedia link: es:La leyenda negra Translations (Translations): musta legenda (Finnish), légende noire [feminine] (French), czarna legenda [feminine] (Polish), leyenda negra [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-black_legend-en-noun-6cl5fhMZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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