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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mythicadjective

    relating to or having the nature of myth

    "a novel of almost mythic consequence"

  2. fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythologicaladjective

    based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

    "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn"

Wiktionary

  1. mythicadjective

    Larger-than-life.

  2. mythicadjective

    Mythical; existing in myth.

  3. Etymology: (1660s), from Latin mythicus

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  1. mythic

    Mythic pertains to or characteristic of a myth or myths, encompassing traditional stories or legends shared by a particular culture or society, often involving gods, supernatural beings, or ancestral heroes, providing explanation about life's fundamental aspects such as origins of the world, customs, traditions, and ideals. It can also refer to something or someone of great importance, power, or beauty, often having a legendary or heroic quality.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mythicadjective

    alt. of Mythical

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mythic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mythic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of mythic in a Sentence

  1. James Gray:

    If you're making a science fiction movie, they( the audience) can't have any of those assumptions. You're creating an entire world, so, then you have to hang your clothes on a clothesline that has a very simple mythic through-line.

  2. Andrea Dworkin:

    Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For a woman, love is defined as her willingness to submit to her own annihilation. The proof of love is that she is willing to be destroyed by the one whom she loves, for his sake. For the woman, love is always self-sacrifice, the sacrifice of identity, will, and bodily integrity, in order to fulfill and redeem the masculinity of her lover.

  3. Gail Bradbrook:

    It's an Extinction Rebellion mythic story that's out there, but it's true, i was very gobsmacked and at the time I remember thinking,' goodness me, if he hadn't used that phrase, I wouldn't have recognized that this was my prayer being answered.'.

  4. Spike Lee:

    The character in my film' Da 5 Bloods,' Stormin' Norman, the way his brothers view him as like almost mythical. As Clarke Peters ' character says,' Clarke Peters ' character's Clarke Peters ' character.' They revered Clarke Peters ' character, and so Spike Lee just can't cast anybody for that, because the way these guys are describing Clarke Peters ' character, Clarke Peters ' character's mythic. So mythic Spike Lee're talking about an actor who played Jackie Robinson ; the Godfather, Soul Brother No. 1, James Brown ; Thurgood Marshall ; then Soul Brother No. 1.

  5. Nathan Raab:

    This powerful letter, coming as it does on the doorstep of one of Washington’s great moments, gives us a glimpse into the financial stresses and concerns of Washington, a man we think of in mythic terms but really had many of our own, very human issues.

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