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单词 mythical
释义 myth·i·cal
\ˈmithə̇kəl, -thēk-\ adjective
or myth·ic \-thik, -thēk\
Etymology: mythical from Late Latin mythicus (from Greek mythikos, from mythos myth + -ikos -ic) + English -al; mythic from Late Latin mythicus
1.
 a. : based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with factual history : imaginary, fancied, and existent only in myths
  < the founder of the sacred grove … is clearly the mythical predecessor or archetype of the line of priests who served Diana — J.G.Frazer >
 b. : fabricated, invented, or imagined in a consciously arbitrary way
  < a mythical all-star team >
  or ignorantly and willfully without facts or in defiance of facts
  < history … shows that the claim to purity of race on the part of any civilized people is entirely mythical — M.R.Cohen >
 c. : characterized by qualities suitable to myth especially by fantastic or bizarre characteristics
  < a mythical monster >
 d. : constituting myth
  < mythical accounts >
2.
 a. : characterized by or using myths or mythical matter
  < mythical writers >
 b. : construing religious or other narratives about supernatural events to have originated as or to be based on myth
  < the mythical theory of the Gospels >
Synonyms: see fictitious
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