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Edenic /ɪˈdɛnɪk /adjective1Relating to or characteristic of the garden of Eden: the story of the Edenic fall...- Such a belief is fundamentally millenarian, informed by an apocalyptic spirit which held out the promise for fallen man of a return to Edenic grace.
- The snake is an Edenic symbol of seduction and intrigue.
- Satan first scouts the Edenic territory in the shape of a beast and then addresses Eve while inhabiting the body of a serpent, to convince her to disobey God's fiat.
1.1Unspoilt and idyllic: an Edenic world of economic prosperity...- We open with an orchestral prelude presenting the natural world in what seems to be Edenic bliss.
- While many of his pictures seem charmingly Edenic, they can also be unsettling for their gruesome violence and sexual undertones.
- The novel opens in an Edenic honeymoon scene.
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