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mythomoteur

mythomoteur noun: the constitutive myth that gives an ethnic group its sense of purpose.

Noun

mythomoteur (plural mythomoteurs)

  1. The constitutive myth that gives an ethnic group its sense of purpose.

Forms of mythomoteur

pluralmythomoteurs

Origin of mythomoteur

French; first used in this context by Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals, and later taken up by John Armstrong in his book Nations before Nationalism.

Questions about mythomoteur

What does mythomoteur mean?
Mythomoteur means the constitutive myth that gives an ethnic group its sense of purpose.
What part of speech is mythomoteur?
Mythomoteur is a noun.
What is the plural of mythomoteur?
The plural of mythomoteur is mythomoteurs.

Words near mythomoteur in the dictionary

  1. mythomania
  2. mythomaniac
  3. mythomaniacal
  4. mythomaniacs
  5. mythomanias
  6. mythomoteur
  7. mythomoteurs
  8. mythonomy
  9. mythonym
  10. mythonyms
  11. mythopathic

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