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Mythic

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adj. Larger-than-life.

adj. Mythical; existing in myth.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful; mythological.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Same as mythical.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or having the nature of myth

adj. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

Word Usage

"It stems from the fact that the great metaphysical traditions, East and West-Sufi, Buddhist, neo-Confucian, Christian, Taoist-were all created at a time when the average stage of development was what we call mythic or premodern."

Equivalent

unreal mythical

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

fabulous imaginary fanciful mythological

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Mesolithic lithic monolithic

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

mythical mythological fictional Arthurian fabulous