单词 | remythologize |
释义 | remythologizev. transitive. To reinterpret in terms of a new or different mythology; to provide with a new mythological basis or explanation. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > convert into or construct myth [verb (transitive)] mythicize1840 mythologize1847 mythify1873 remythologize1954 1954 Jrnl. Bible & Relig. 22 236/2 We should ‘re-mythologize’, that is..we should endeavour to restore to the imagery of the Old Testament the power it once possessed. 1964 K. G. Grubb Layman looks at Church v. 156 The Bible..has to be ‘demythologised’ and then remythologised. 1976 H. Montefiore in Christian Believing 148 I may expect to ‘translate’ or ‘remythologize’ its thought forms and imagery. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Feb. vii. 1 Then there are those writers who prefer to remythologize life on earth, finding it rich with strange congruences and possibilities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1954 |
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