edenic
/iːˈdɛnɪk/
edenic is the alternative form of Edenic.
Adjective capitalized: Edenic
Edenic (comparative more Edenic, superlative most Edenic)
- Of or suggesting Eden, the paradise of the Bible.
- Thus, when Paul and Billy turn to the Edenic archetype, one must not view this as an acceptance of the "truth" of the Judeo-Christian tradition from which this myth is borrowed.1994, Will Wright, Steven Kaplan, The Image of Technology in Literature, the Media, and Society
- To the extent that an abstract Edenic landscape crowds out the teenage rubber tapper in a faded World Cup T-shirt, the stinging smoke of factories in a treeless city ringed by forest, or the lone plant sprouting in the cracks of a sunbaked roof, it impoverishes our vision of Amazonia, as well as of...1995, Candace Slater, “Amazonia as Edenic Narrative”, in William Cronon, editor, Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 115
Noun capitalized: Edenic
Edenic (plural Edenics)
- One who promotes an Edenic ideal.
- Then there are the Edenics, who exclude all cooked food; the Wallacites, who abhor salt and refuse bread containing yeast; the Haigites, who do not include peas or beans in their vegetarianism; and the Allinsonians, who abandoned tea in favor of a solution of dried cereals.1905, Search-light Thrown on the Activities of the World; Volumes 25-26, page 314
- The Edenics wrote historical novels that place the belle in an antebellum setting, perpetuate the notion that she is an ideal woman, and, most important, present her as a symbol for the lost Garden of the antebellum South.1985, Kathryn Lee Seidel, The southern Belle in the American novel, page 127
Forms of edenic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more edenic |
| superlative | most edenic |
| comparative | more Edenic |
| superlative | most Edenic |
| alternative form | edenic |
| Noun | |
| plural | Edenics |
Origin of edenic
From Eden + -ic.
Questions about edenic
- What does edenic mean?
- Edenic means of or suggesting Eden, the paradise of the Bible.
- What is edenic the alternative form of?
- Edenic is the alternative form of Edenic.
- What part of speech is edenic?
- Edenic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce edenic?
- Edenic is pronounced /iːˈdɛnɪk/.
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