Mystery Definition | What is Mystery? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
[n] a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
Synonyms
closed book, enigma, mystery story, secret, whodunit
See Also...
detective story, murder mystery, perplexity, story
Related Terms
adventure story, allegory, ambiguity, ambiguousness, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, antimasque, apologue, arcanum, art, audience success, awesomeness, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, ballet, bedtime story, beguilingness, bewilderment, bomb, both
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