apocryphal = archetypal? unbelievable?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> At least that's what it looks like:
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> 1971 Roger A. Beaumont  "Images of War" in _Military Affairs_ (Feb.) 6:  [A]
> whole series of films came out of Hollywood [in 1941]...generally disposed
> to American's [sic] girding its psychological loins for the coming shock of
> battle...[including] "Sergeant York," the almost apocryphal story of a
> pacifist turned war hero.
> At the time of writing, Prof. Beaumont was "Associate Director of the Center
> for Advanced Study in Organization Science and Assistant Professor of
> Organization Science at the University of Wisconsin, University Extension,
> Milwaukee."
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> Much as I'd like to believe it means "apocryphal," I just can't do it.
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I suspect Beaumont may be reaching (whether he should or not) for
"apocalyptic".

-- Doug Wilson

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