Modern Sense Research Articles

THE CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INSTITUTIONS TO THE PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION, A REVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONS OF TURKISH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN NORTH MACEDONIA

Edmund Gullion first used the concept of public diplomacy in its modern sense in 1965, he tried to define it as an attempt to influence public attitudes in foreign policy. Therefore, it is explained by Cull that public diplomacy covers areas of international relations other than traditional diplomacy, the efforts of governments to create public opinion in other countries, the activity of non-governmental organizations and for-profit organizations between countries, communication between diplomats, reporters and intercultural communication processes. These initiatives, which are not carried out directly or solely by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are provided by agencies and sub-organizations specially created by the states. Thanks to these organizations, diplomatic relations are strengthened while carrying out activities abroad. These activities can be divided into two different categories such as education, cultural, artistic and linguistic development and activities for the promotion and benefit of the country, while in the second part there are initiatives for the development of infrastructure and superstructure such as health, education, technology and transport, which will develop the country in which the institutions abroad are located. In countries like North Macedonia, which wants to join the European Union and is in the negotiation phase, the infrastructure situations and development potentials such as health, education, technology, transport and the legal order are very important for the country. This study aims to examine the process carried out by the Republic of North Macedonia, which is at the crossroads of integration into the European Union, from another perspective, to touch on the contribution of foreign countries to the country in this direction, especially the contribution of Turkish institutions.

Recent Progress, Challenges and Outlooks of Insulation System in HVDC

In the modern sense, DC transmission involves converting three-phase AC into stable DC at a converter station, then transmitting it over DC transmission lines to another converter station, where it is inverted back into three-phase AC [...]

STATISTICALLY STABLE VERBAL-NOMINAL COMBINATIONS WITH THE COMPONENT ЖИЗНЬ IN THE ANCIENT RUSSIAN CHRONICLES

The article describes statistically stable verbal-nominal combinations with the component ‘жизнь’, functioning in the Old Russian language. The material for the study is an electronic collection of three ancient Russian Chronicles, published on the portal “Manuscript: Slavic Written Heritage” (URL: http://manuscripts.ru/). The study presents a statistical analysis of bigrams, which made it possible to identify statistically significant verbal-nominal combinations with the component ‘жизнь’ and qualify them as expressions that claim stable status. Analysis of the obtained statistical information makes it possible to identify connections between various linguistic elements, determine patterns in the development of certain phenomena, describe the functioning of complex processes in language and clarify the mechanisms of interaction of units in it. This study is carried out using special statistical indicators that allow us to determine the degree of stability of expressions, thereby avoiding subjectivity in assessing a particular construction from the point of view of ideomaticity. To identify collocations in the corpus of the oldest Russian Chronicles, the tools of the Manuscript IAS are used, in particular the n-gram module, which allows you to obtain text combinations with a different number of components. As a measure of association, the T-score measure is used, which allows us to determine how non-random the strength of connection between words in a phrase is. The selected bigrams and their statistical data demonstrate the presence in the Old Russian period of combinations that cannot be called phraseological units in the modern sense, but it is necessary to note their statistical stability in the text, which allows them to be qualified as stable combinations / collocations / statistically stable expressions.

<i>Pāňcālī </i>— A Local Administrative Unit of Ancient Nepal (4<sup>th</sup> to 8<sup>th</sup> Century A.D.): An Inscriptional Overview

Licchavi kingdom was an ancient kingdom in Nepal, which existed in the Kathmandu Valley from approximately from ca. A.D. 300 to ca. 879. Centuries earlier at the start of the Buddhist era, a powerful republic known as Licchavi existed in what is today Bihar. It is to be mentioned here, some legendary sources from the Kathmandu Valley also describe the Kirātas as early rulers there, taken over from earlier Gopāls or Ᾱbhiras, both of whom may have been cow herding tribes. In the pre Lichhavi period a village administration existed in the valley of Nepal. In that village administration there were some local chief officials named <i>Brahmum, Shulham</i>, <i>Tepulam</i> who maintained law and orders of the villages. In the Ᾱdī- Nārāyaṇa temple Inscription of Nepal there are 18 functionaries in which <i>Brahmum, Shulham</i>, <i>Tepulam </i>are mentioned. These non sanskritic terms disappeared after sometime and replaced by sanskritic terms such as <i>svatalasvāmī</i> and later <i>dauvārika</i>, a post which endured permanently in Nepal village administration. In the period of Aṁśuvarmā we see a significant change occurred in the use of land and its administration by the ushering in of the <i>pāňcālīs. Pāňcālī</i> has been used in the sense of modern <i>Pāňcāyet.</i> In ancient Nepal <i>Pāňcālī</i> was a village administration and <i>Pāňcālīkā</i> is the member of the administrative body <i>Pāňcālī. </i>In this paper an attempt has been made to discuss about the meaning of the term <i>pāňcālī,</i> its characteristics, responsibilities and roles in Nepal administration.

ATLASES: REASONS FOR THEIR CREATION AND FIRST CONCEPTS

Atlas cartography of the 21st century is losing its “flagship” status in cartography. Paper atlases have become less attractive in the age of information society. At the same time, electronic atlases either lose competition to other cartographic applications or dissolve among them without having their unique features. Searching for ideas and meanings for new EA concepts, we explored the first atlases’ history to understand their essence, reasons for creation, and success factors. The article, based on contemporary works by historians of cartography and cultural geographers, clarifies the answers to the following questions: 1) What is the origin of the word “atlas”? Who was the first to use this word to describe a “collection of maps”? 2) Which atlas should be considered the first, particularly the first in the modern sense? Who originated with the idea of the first atlas? 3) What was the atlas “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” concept by A. Ortelius? 4) What was the concept of G. Mercator’s “Atlas sive Cosmographicæ Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi Et Fabricati Figura”?

القلق في ضوء القرآن الكريم وعلم النفس الحديث

The study aimed to explore anxiety as a psychological phenomenon, including its types, causes, and treatment methods in light of the Holy Quran and modern psychology. The research employed a descriptive-analytical approach by collecting relevant Quranic verses and comparing these concepts with those found in psychology books, as well as examining the insights of Muslim scholars and modern psychology regarding anxiety, its types, causes, and treatment. The study found that anxiety is a modern psychological concept that affects individuals due to fear, stress, or excessive thinking about certain life issues, often of unknown origin, and is a source of psychological pressure. It also revealed that the verses in the Quran addressing doubt and suspicion refer to anxiety in its modern sense. Additionally, the study showed that Quranic stories illustrate the levels and types of anxiety experienced by the prophets in different situations, including psychological anxiety, social anxiety, and objective anxiety related to their prophetic missions. Furthermore, the Quranic verses focused on the anxiety of specific groups, such as hypocrites and disbelievers, particularly concerning their doubt and suspicion in receiving the divine message and opposing the prophets. The study recommends incorporating psychological studies rooted in Islamic heritage into university curricula and encourages researchers to conduct in-depth studies on such topics. It also advocates for integrating psychological studies from the Quran and Sunnah with modern psychology.

Legitimating Activism as a meaningful category: Negotiation of the protest lexicon in The Guardian and Times since the 1960s

Research on the relationship between contentious action and news production has often focused on the coverage and framing of specific events, not on the careers of keywords of the protest lexicon itself. However, these keywords play a central role in the negotiation of common understandings of social problems, the legitimation of claims and tactics, and even the shared imaginary of grassroots politics within communities of readers. This article seeks to contribute to this second avenue of media research by studying use of the concept activism and associated subject, activists. I ask how this word, which was a negative term for most of the twentieth century until the introduction and popularization of its modern sense in the 1960s, became a keyword of modern political participation by the public. A conceptual history grounded in insights of distributional semantics and semantic field theory, this article studies patterns of use of ‘activist’ and ‘activism’ in two major British quality newspapers, The Guardian and The Times. This comparative approach aims to identify both historical and media-internal factors that contributed to activism becoming a meaningful category in news reporting. Coverage is compared for three episodes of heightened civic contention: the student protests of 1967–1969; Eastern European human rights activism around the Helsinki Accords, 1975–1977; and the industrial strikes of the 1980s, particularly the period around the miner's strike, 1984–1986.

Eulerian series as Hecke-type double sums through the transformation formulas

Recently, establishing the Hecke-type double sums forms for Eulerian series has received a great deal of attention to seek special cases of [Formula: see text]-hypergeometric series. In this paper, with the aid of some basic hypergeometric series identities given by Chen and Wang, and Liu, we discover many new Eulerian series and express them in terms of Hecke-type double sums and Appell–Lerch sums. Based on the modern sense for the mock theta functions, we find that some of these series are mock theta functions and the others are mixed mock theta functions. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of Hecke-type double sums, we find three string function identities with levels [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text].

THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATION IN THE MILITARY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

This article analyzes the use of artificial intelligence technologies in military systems. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the modern areas of information technology. The history of human-like mechanisms development dates back to ancient times and has gone through a complex evolutionary path from myths and legends about the first androids, mechanical chess players and other complex mechanisms with human behaviour to modern autonomous robots. The first research on AI in the modern sense began almost immediately since the appearance of the first computers. Since the late 1950s, AI researchers have been trying to create smart machines that mimic the brain. AI has become a key technology in various industries, including the military, in recent decades. Thanks to its characteristics, AI transforms traditional strategies and tactics into a military art. Various aspects of the artificial intelligence use are discussed, in particular autonomous weapons systems, forecasting and analytics, cybersecurity and strategic planning. The advantages and opportunities provided by the use of artificial intelligence by military formations are highlighted, as well as attention is drawn to the ethical and legal aspects of this issue. Artificial intelligence technologies open up new opportunities for the military in many aspects, from autonomous systems to analytics and strategic planning. However, it is also important to take into account the ethical and legal aspects of these technologies use, as well as the risks associated with their implementation. A balanced approach to the use of artificial intelligence will help ensure its effective application in military systems. The article focuses on the importance of a balanced approach to the artificial intelligence technologies use for military purposes, taking into account their capabilities and risks.

The effect of overlapping the two exercise styles accompanied by scheduling the distributed random practice for learning and retention on the technical performance of the discus throw

The educational process, in its modern sense, aims to involve the student in the vocabulary of its curricula and in its practical applications, and to give him the opportunity to participate in making teaching decisions according to Muston’s methods, and to contribute to teaching behavioral decisions from the minimum to the maximum, and to have better access to effective teaching, as well as developing methods. Learning exercises are organized and scheduled to suit the learners’ abilities, and their objectives are consistent with the objectives of the chosen teaching methods. In order to address the problem, the researchers resorted to organizing rest periods between practice periods using random exercise and interfering with distributed exercise for the purpose of arriving at the best appropriate rest suitable for athletics events by choosing the best overlap between groups and using performance evaluation tests to find out the effect of the interaction between the educational method and the exercise method

Digital state in the regulation of land relations

Introduction. The 21st century is considered to be the era of digital technologies for the rapid exchange of information, obtaining various services, doing business and other processes related to the functioning of society. The relevant processes related to the digitalization of public services (and the use of technology in the regulation of social relations in general) create a new concept, namely the "digital state". Technological means are widely used in the regulation of branches of law related to land legislation. However, the process of using digital technologies in land legislation is somewhat slow. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of "digital state" in the modern sense, to identify the main features of the digital state and the means of regulating social relations with the help of technology, and also to determine the main areas of digitalization of land legislation. Results. The digital state is a complex concept which includes the following categories: e-government; - e-court; - e-healthcare; - cybersecurity. The process of formation of a digital state in Ukraine consists of several stages related to the introduction of technologies into the process of legal regulation of public relations. Land law, as a branch of law consisting of many institutions, can also be digitalized. Complete digitalization of land law at one point is a rather complicated and lengthy process, but it is already possible to identify the main areas of digitization of land legislation that can be further implemented by the authorized state authorities. Conclusion. The introduction of digitalization into the land legislation of Ukraine is an extremely important task today. We can already say with certainty that the digitalization of land legislation should take place in two key aspects, namely: simplification of regulation of procedures existing in land legislation and ensuring the possibility of digital exchange of documents between the subjects of land legal relations.

Tarhuncu Ahmet Pasha Budget in Classical and Modern Meaning

The expenditures of the state throughout history have been documented. Today, a budget is a document prepared, approved and implemented according to certain rules for the future. Various budgeting principles must be followed in the modern state budget. Interestingly, it is known that the budget prepared during the reign of Tarhuncu Ahmet Pasha of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century is similar to today's state budget. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the budget led by Tarhuncu Ahmet Pasha is a state budget in today's modern sense or what type of budget it is. Information and documents obtained from the Ottoman Archives were used in the study. It has been determined that the budget prepared by Tarhuncu Ahmet Pasha is compatible with the majority of today's budget principles and rules, although not all of them.

Constructing A Model of the Impact of Human Capital and Social Capital on the Employment Quality of Chinese University Graduates: Based on the Mediating Role of Career Development

Introduction: This article is based on the theories of human capital, social capital, social interaction, and collaborative governance. From the dual perspectives of human capital and social capital, combined with the mediating role of career development, it studies the factors that affect the quality of employment for university students and constructs a conceptual model to determine the mediating role of career development between human capital, social capital, and the quality of employment for university graduates. Through a large amount of literature and previous research theories, suitable employment quality indicators, human capital indicators, social capital indicators, and career development indicators were selected. This article reveals the influencing factors of improving the employment quality of university graduates, providing ideas for improving the employment quality of university graduates and promoting the improvement of the higher education system and the stable development of the social economy. Objective: It introduces a novel perspective on career development and explores the mediating role of career development in the impact of human capital and social capital on the employment quality of university graduates. This not only provides more objective and scientific guidance for university graduates' job values, self-awareness, and planning but also helps them better develop and cultivate their own human capital and social capital capability providing effective practical guidance. At the same time, it can provide objective analytical data for the reform of major settings in university education, the establishment of career courses, and the fair and reasonable formulation of employment policies, providing a new research perspective for studying the quality of employment of university graduates. Theoretical Framework: In the developmental stage, at least four economists have made outstanding contributions: Theodore W. Schultz and Gary Becker, Jacob Mincer and Edward Denison, respectively from different angles in different fields for the formation of the basic framework of the foundation, the modern sense of human capital theory was born, not only laid the theoretical foundation for the western education economics but also opened up a new field of western economics research. Method: The research of domestic and foreign scholars on the career development of university students is similar. Due to the differences in the focus, attention topics, and research methods, the dimensions of career development of university students are also defined differently. Results and Discussion: The theories of human capital and social capital have received attention and recognition from scholars as the basis for studying the quality of employment for university graduates. The impact of human capital and social capital on the quality of employment for university graduates is also significant. However, in existing research, there are not many studies that focus on the quality of employment for university graduates from the perspectives of schools and social governance, based on social interaction theory and collaborative governance theory. Specifically, there is a lack of systematic theoretical support and empirical exploration in exploring the impact of major differences and career development on the quality of employment for university graduates, and overall, it is still in the exploratory stage. Research Implications: The research results indicate that there is a significant correlation between career development, human capital, social capital, and the quality of employment for university graduates Originality/Value: This model is not yet tested in Chinese contexts.

Human Trafficking- A Contemporary Form Of Slavery

Human trafficking is a growing menace which is ploughed into every country. The infection is so deeply rooted that it is an utter violation of sovereignty of any state by failure to observe the existing system of legal framework. Trafficking not only contravenes with the elemental human rights of an individual but is also a violation of ethics and morals a nation must hold in its essence. It is such a menace where the rights keep on violating throughout the vicious cycle and the misery never comes to an end. Trafficking here is compared with a ultra-modern form of slavery in the form of bonded labour, prostitution, domestic servitude and other kinds of toiling where thse victim has to act against his own will. No section of society or industry has remained untouched by trafficking. The victims are generally the people belonging to the economically disadvantaged section of society or those who lost their source of livelihood because of the natural calamities or armed conflicts. Some are even trapped by offering them a better standard of life. Human trafficking is on a boom in the entire world. It uses a variety of structures. The victims are pushed into organizations where they are unwillingly employed without any pecuniary benefit while the others are placed into such arrangements where they cannot seek help from anybody hence slamming the escape routes. The menace of human trafficking though spreading like a wildfire in the recent times but it was long established in the ancient India. It is nothing but a modern form of human subjugation. Earlier it was limited to the national boundaries but in the recent decades it has spread throughout the international borders. It does not only exert influence on the country of origin and destination but also leave its impact on the areas of transit. This paper deals with the offence of slavery in its modern sense which is human trafficking. It incorporates within itself a number of other offences that occur during the chain of transit.

From Grasslands to Global Beats: A Study of Mongolian Ethnic Music Integration in Chinese Pop

This study goes into the integration of Mongolian Ethnic Music into Chinese pop culture, exploring its historical roots, musical characteristics, and contemporary manifestations. Mongolian Ethnic Music, rooted in millennia of tradition and nomadic heritage, reflects the spiritual essence and cultural richness of the Mongolian people. Through an examination of ancient origins, influences of shamanism and Buddhism, and modern developments, the evolution of Mongolian music is traced, showcasing its diverse melodic, rhythmic, and tonal qualities. The classification of Mongolian music genres and styles, including the Hulunbuir, Xilingol, Ordos, and Alxa styles, highlights regional distinctions and stylistic variations. Furthermore, the study examines the integration of Mongolian Ethnic Music into Chinese pop through the works of renowned musicians such as Tengger, Han Lei, and Dege Ma, exemplifying a fusion of traditional melodies with modern sensibilities. Ulan Tuya, Qi Feng, and Yang Weiling represent contemporary artists contributing to the diversification of Chinese pop music with their unique styles. This exploration underscores the cultural significance of Mongolian Ethnic Music as a bridge between traditions, enriching the global music landscape while preserving the heritage of the Mongolian people.

The realization of the concept of the features of the historical novel by Walter Scott on the example of Barry Unsworth's novel "Moralite"

The article examines the features of the concept of the historical novel by Walter Scott on the example of Barry Unsworth's novel "Morality Play". The purpose of this article is to identify the features and principles of the historical method. The great merit of the outstanding Scottish writer Walter Scott (1771-1832) is that he introduced the principle of historicism into literature and wrote a number of brilliant historical novels. In them, readers see a picture of the struggle of contradictory and complex interests of various social groups, parties, and religious sects. His historical novels provided a better understanding of contemporary issues. He combined historical truth with fiction, explaining the validity of such a connection by saying that “the most important human passions in all their manifestations, as well as the sources that feed them, are common to all classes, states, countries and epochs; hence it invariably follows that although this state of society affects opinions, way of thinking and the actions of people, these latter are extremely similar in their very essence. Walter Scott was the founder of the historical novel in its modern sense. In the XIX century, he developed the principles of the historical method, which made it possible to create fascinating novels, freed from excessive archaization of language and at the same time fully conveying the originality and recognizable imprint of the described epoch. In the 19th century, along with the tradition dating back to Walter Scott, another form of aesthetic insight into the past also asserted itself. Real historical characters in such works are optional, although their presence is not excluded. The "hero" for the writer is not a historical event, but an "epoch". The author of such a work creates his own self-sufficient world, achieves credibility not by more or less accurately following historical material, but by the reality of the psychological experience of the characters, the reality (often illusory) of everyday life. The novel "Morality Play" is a historical detective novel by British writer Barry Unsworth, was published in 1995, and was first published in Russian in 2005. The novel is an example of a fruitful combination of two updated genres: new historical fiction and metaphysical detective.

Prospects for Development of Forensic Methods for Investigation of Criminal Offenses Related to Raiding

Formation and development of economic security of the State requires taking effective measures to counteract and minimize negative impact of criminal offenses that encroach on economic and social relations, legal activities of economic entities, rights of public administration employees, etc. Among the latter, those that demonstrate signs of raiding deserve close attention, i.e., related to the illegal takeover and seizure of property, assets of enterprises, institutions, organizations, corporate rights to them and other resources, encroachment on the rights of owners or authorized persons of entities management of various forms of ownership, etc. In this regard, the article purpose is defined as outlining prospects for construction of forensic methods of investigation of criminal offenses in which signs of raiding can be detected. In order to achieve the specified goal, a complex of general scientific, philosophical and special research methods was applied. According to performed research results, it was determined that in modern sense, a separate forensic investigation method (in a broad sense) should be understood as an integrated product of scientific knowledge in the field of law, formed on the basis of a generalization of investigative and judicial practice, which in its essence is a set of forensic recommendations, proven tactics methods of conducting investigative (search) and covert investigative (search) actions, methods and techniques of optimal and effective use of forensic techniques during pre-trial investigation developed in accordance with procedural requirements in order to optimize the model of conducting pre-trial investigation of a separate criminal offense, their groups, etc. Based on the generalization of certain elements of the criminal law and forensic characteristics of criminal offenses related to raiding, varieties of individual forensic methods of investigation have been determined, including interspecies, special, subspecies, species, etc.

Operationalizing the Social Capital of Organizations: Is it Possible to Measure the “Immeasurable”

Social capital in the modern sense can be described as the capacity for socially oriented management of organizations. As social capital serves this purpose, it needs to be measured using relevant sociological tools based on the principles of operationalizing it as a complex social concept and a resource of immaterial nature. The purpose of the article is to present the results of social capital operationalization problem study that were obtained during the empirical portion implemented within the framework of the socio-resource approach towards managing organizations. The data obtained as a result of a panel study in 2022 give grounds for concluding that the basic process of operationalizing social capital proposed by the author provides an opportunity to substantiate variables and correlations between them for subsequently measuring the development of certain components of social capital. The suggested approach also allows asserting that social capital operationalization largely allows for solving the problem of “measuring the immeasurable” which involves, based on evaluating the current state of an organization’s social capital, developing management decisions aimed at the effective formation and development of said human capital. The author offers practical recommendations for correcting managerial actions while taking into account the problematic aspects of social capital formation.

Travel essay “In the Far North” by Teki Odulok - the first travelogue of the early twentieth century

Teki Odulok's travel essay is the first work devoted to a journey through the northernmost regions of the Russian Federation undertaken by a compatriot, a representative of the smallest Russian people - the Yukaghir, in the 20s of the twentieth century. The article presents the results of the study of the content of the travelogue, its chronotopes, descriptions of nature at different geographical latitudes, culture and life of the unique endemic peoples inhabiting the territory: the Yukaghirs (Oduls), Russian-Ustintsy, Chukchi, Evens, Evenks (Lamuts). It is proven that the work is a narrative, objectively related to the history and geographical location of the region, political and cultural events in the Soviet Union at the beginning of the twentieth century. The novelty is justified by the fact that the essay has the characteristics of a travelogue in the modern sense, and therefore the readers, regardless of their nationality and place of residence, perceive it with interest. The influence of the professional view of a scientist-economist on the style of literary narration is shown, which provides an enriched description of travel along a specific route and an evidential connection with the modern economic state of the regions described. Complete discourses combining documentary narration, presentation of real facts about harsh conditions of survival and description of life and customs of representatives of small number of peoples - endemics - are highlighted. Methods of comparison and literary retroscopy were used, which allowed to confirm the author's assumptions about the development of the region in literary and documentary form. The article may be of interest not only to philologists and specialists in the field of national cultures, but also to interested readers.

How does mythic love endure in modernity? Exploring romantic love’s cultural structure and structure of feeling

In ideal-typical terms, the cultural structure of love can be said to be organised according to the binary categorisations of ‘mythic’ and ‘prosaic-realist’ love. Sociological studies on the culture of love have typically favoured the latter, characterising contemporary love as a product of modern sensibilities that prioritise individual autonomy over loving commitment. And yet, as many empirical studies have shown, mythic love seems to persist. This article theoretically and empirically accounts for the endurance of mythic love by demonstrating how its core promises are reconciled with prosaic-realist love. It elaborates a theoretical model for assessing the attitudes people have towards romantic ideals: ‘structures of feeling’ (Williams, 1961; Illouz, 2012). To investigate romantic structures of feeling, I conducted interviews with participants who watched one of two quintessential cinematic representations of mythic and prosaic-realist love, respectively: The Notebook (2004) and Blue Valentine (2010). I found that mythic love persists as a legitimate cultural model for love through the feeling structures of irony and aspiration. Participants expressed aspiration towards mythic love through surprised faith in the film’s mythic idealism and attributed authenticity to mythic love’s purity, while also integrating prosaic-realist rationales into their assessment of mythic love’s legitimacy. Participants expressed ironic dispositions towards prosaic-realism, finding its core principles to be ‘too real’ and deflationary. These findings point to a need to take myth in romance seriously, by not only recognising its existence but also the cultural mechanisms that reconcile its promises with prosaic-realist alternatives.