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mythologeme

mythologeme is the alternative form of mythologem.

Meaning of mythologem

Noun

mythologem (plural mythologems)

  1. A basic core element, motif or theme of a myth.
    • [W]e have long been in possession of mythologems which express the dynamics of certain subliminal processes, though these processes were only given names in very recent times.1963, Richard and Clara Winston, translating Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Random House 1974, p. 342

Forms of mythologeme

pluralmythologemes

Questions about mythologeme

What is mythologeme the alternative form of?
Mythologeme is the alternative form of mythologem.

Words near mythologeme in the dictionary

  1. mythoi
  2. mythol.
  3. Mytholmes
  4. Mytholmroyd
  5. mythologem
  6. mythologeme
  7. mythologemes
  8. mythologems
  9. mythologer
  10. mythologers
  11. mythologian

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