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mythologems

mythologems is the plural 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

Questions about mythologems

What is mythologems the plural of?
Mythologems is the plural of mythologem.

Words near mythologems in the dictionary

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

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