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neomythological

neomythological adjective: of or relating to neomythology.

Adjective

neomythological (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to neomythology.
    • Samuel F. Johnson initiates a wave of neomythological criticism by isolating aspects of Indo-European culture in the poem: a tribal coronation rite, rites of passage, and a totemic hero.1997, John D. Niles, “Myth and History”, in Robert E. Bjork, John D. Niles, editors, A Beowulf Handbook, University of Exeter Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 214
    • Fantasy, on the other hand, rarely utilizes science, relying instead on magic, mythological and neomythological beings and devices and outright invention for conflict and setting.2007, Lauren Mosko, Michael Schweer, editors, 2008 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market, Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, →ISBN, page 541

Forms of neomythological

alternative formneo-mythological

Origin of neomythological

From neo- + mythological.

Questions about neomythological

What does neomythological mean?
Neomythological means of or relating to neomythology.
What part of speech is neomythological?
Neomythological is an adjective.

Words near neomythological in the dictionary

  1. neomyocardialization
  2. neomyocyte
  3. neomyocytes
  4. neomyofiber
  5. neomyofibers
  6. neomythological
  7. neomythologies
  8. neomythology
  9. neon
  10. neon fish
  11. neon fishes

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