Mythic Meaning
/ˈmɪθɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjMythical; existing in myth.
adjVery rare.
Sentence Examples
Heracles is a mythic hero known for his incredible strength.
The band has achieved a somewhat mythic status among fans.
The story has a mythic quality that inspires readers.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hero's ____ adventures were passed down through generations as stories of gods and monsters.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The dragon is a ____ creature that appears in the legends of many several different cultures, often representing great power and hidden wisdom.
Word Origin & History
1660s; from Latin mȳthicos or Ancient Greek μυθικός (muthikós); equivalent to myth + -ic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Whitehead-Gould has become a mythic presence in the case history fairy-tale: the personification of the selfish woman who went back on her promise to deliver up her child to an unfulfilled aspiring mother."
— 1998, Chloé Diepenbrock, Gynecology and textuality: popular representations, page 88:
"Bellerophon attempts to become a mythic hero by perfectly imitating the actuarial program for mythic heroes."
— 2005, Gerhard Hoffmann, From modernism to postmodernism: concepts and strategies, page 294:
"The Wyoming territories become a mythic space where character is tested and revealed and Good battles Evil."
— 2008, Peter Schmidt, Sitting in darkness: New South fiction, education, and the rise of Jim Crow, page 156:
"The ways in which Eastern Europe has become a mythic part of the Jewish past and not an imagined mythic home in the future is central to understanding how American Jews see themselves at home in America."
— 2008, Laurence Jay Silberstein, Postzionism: a reader, page 351:
"By the mid-nineteenth century tartan had become a mythic material encompassing ideas of nationhood, clanship, and political allegiance seen through increasingly fashionable and spectacular forms."
— 2010, Networks of Design: Proceedings of the 2008 Annual International Conference of the Design History Society, page 161:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hero's ____ adventures were passed down through generations as stories of gods and monsters.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The dragon is a ____ creature that appears in the legends of many several different cultures, often representing great power and hidden wisdom.