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Meaning of "chthonic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHTHONIC

chthonic  [ˈθɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHTHONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chthonic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CHTHONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chthonic

Chthonic

Chthonic (/ˈθɒnɪk/ or /ˈkθɒnɪk/, from Greek χθόνιος khthonios, "in, under, or beneath the earth", from χθών khthōn "earth"), apart from its literal translation meaning 'subterranean', its historical or interpretive definition designates, or pertains to, deities or spirits of the underworld, especially in relation to Greek religion. The Greek word khthon is one of several for "earth"; it typically refers to the interior of the soil, rather than the living surface of the land (as Gaia or Ge does) or the land as territory (as khora (χώρα) does). It evokes at once abundance and the grave. Some dictionaries, such as the OED, state that the first two letters should be pronounced (as /k/), /ˈkθɒnɪk/, while others, such as the AHD, record these letters as silent, /ˈθɒnɪk/. The modern pronunciation of the Greek word "χθόνιος" is, although the Classical Greek pronunciation would have been.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHTHONIC


autochthonic
ˌɔːtɒkˈθɒnɪk
benthonic
benˈθɒnɪk
bionic
baɪˈɒnɪk
Brythonic
brɪˈθɒnɪk
chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
demonic
dɪˈmɒnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
gnathonic
næˈθɒnɪk
harmonic
hɑːˈmɒnɪk
hydroponic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpɒnɪk
iconic
aɪˈkɒnɪk
ionic
aɪˈɒnɪk
ironic
aɪˈrɒnɪk
pythonic
paɪˈθɒnɪk
sonic
ˈsɒnɪk
supersonic
ˌsuːpəˈsɒnɪk
symphonic
sɪmˈfɒnɪk
Tiptronic
tɪpˈtrɒnɪk
tonic
ˈtɒnɪk
ultrasonic
ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHTHONIC

chrysocracy
chrysolite
chrysolitic
chrysomelid
chrysophan
chrysophilite
chrysophyte
chrysoprase
Chrysostom
chrysotile
chthonian
Chu Chiang
Chu Hsi
Chu Kiang
Chu Teh
Chu Xi
Chuang-tzu
chub
chubasco

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHTHONIC

allophonic
aphonic
cacophonic
electrophonic
euphonic
homophonic
megaphonic
microphonic
monophonic
philharmonic
phonic
phosphonic
polyphonic
quadraphonic
quadrophonic
radiophonic
radiotelephonic
saxophonic
siphonic
stereophonic
telephonic

Synonyms and antonyms of chthonic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chthonic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHTHONIC

Find out the translation of chthonic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chthonic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chthonic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

闪灵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chthonic
570 millions of speakers

English

chthonic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chthonic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chthonic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хтоническая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ctónica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chthonic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chthonic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chthonic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chthonic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世俗的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chthonic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chthonic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chthonic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chthonic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Chthonic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chthonic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ctonio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chtoniczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хтонічна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

htonic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χθόνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chthonic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chthonic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chthonic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chthonic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHTHONIC»

The term «chthonic» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.753 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHTHONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chthonic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHTHONIC»

Discover the use of chthonic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chthonic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion: L-Z
Chthonic is from the Greek, wyonioz or khthonios, meaning ''of the earth'' and is used in reference to that which is beneath the surface of the earth, or the underworld and its state of darkness. Chthonic also refers to a state of abundance.
David A. Leeming, Kathryn Madden, Stanton Marlan, 2010
2
Comparative Law in a Global Context: The Legal Systems of ...
This debate has resurfaced now in discussions of 'chthonic laws',seen as a kind of 'folklaw'.33 Withinthehistorical school of jurisprudence as represented by von Savigny and others (chapter 2, section 2.2) such legal traditions cannot be ...
Werner F. Menski, 2006
3
Phallos: Sacred Image of the Masculine
Shadow of Chthonic Phallos Jung's concept of the shadow is important to a work on phallos. Jung coined this term to refer to aspects of the personality that have predominantly negative characteristics— in his words, "the sum of all those ...
Eugene Monick, 1987
4
Heidegger's Roots: Nietzsche, National Socialism, and the Greeks
whose The Gods of Greece (1929) offered an interpretation of chthonic Greek religion as a primordial source for overcoming the rootlessness of Weimar modernism, Heidegger too would turn to the chthonic as a way of reframing the crisis of ...
Charles R. Bambach, 2005
5
The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the ...
1445 flesh-eaters and chthonic god and chthonic Amphiaraos 192 and chthonic attendants 1450 and chthonic spirits and chthonic sins and chthonic dreams / and chthonic oaths and chthonic Ariste'93 and chthonic Tartaros and chthonic ...
Hans Dieter Betz, 1996
6
Materia Magica: The Archaeology of Magic in Roman Egypt, ...
The text of the curse tablet calls on a vast number of underworld divinities, whose names are each modified by the epithet chthonic. The invocation reads Chthonic Hermes and chthonic Hekate and chthonic Zethos (?) chthonic Demeter and ...
Andrew Wilburn, 2012
7
Up from Eden: A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution
And since there was not just the transcendence of the body but its repression, there was not the transformation of the maternal-chthonic but its suppression. This suppression of the maternal-chthonic seemed to multiply its appearance ...
Ken Wilber, 1996
8
A Companion to Greek Religion
And sometimes Olympians such as Hermes, one of whose roles was to accompany the souls of the dead to Hades, earned the epithet Cthonios, or chthonic, ''of the earth.'' Deities whose functions included the earth itself (such as agriculture), ...
Daniel Ogden, 2010
9
Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law
So with the acceleration in communication between traditions,84 we are now benefiting from an intense debate between chthonic and non-chthonic people, and between people within their particular traditions, on the respective merits of ...
H. Patrick Glenn, 2014
10
Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical
... to the heavenly ones and black to the subterranean ones.9 The libations for the subterranean powers are called choai, whereas spondai are poured to the gods.” It is not only the dead who belong to the earth — there are also chthonic gods.
Walter Burkert, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHTHONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chthonic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Faith Matters: Zombies
Patriotic holidays and rituals stand in for religious holy days. Our chthonic yearning for something greater than ourselves plays out again and ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
2
INTERVIEW: Freddy Lim unfolds New Power Party platform
The frontman of the heavy metal band Chthonic, Freddy Lim (林昶佐), has channeled his anger at corruption into action. He intends to effect ... «Taipei Times, Jun 15»
3
Marvel relaunching Doctor unusual courtesy of Jason Aaron and …
... makes him at once a hard character to get to grips with and an endlessly appealing one for any writer looking to plumb the chthonic depths of ... «iFreePress.com, Jun 15»
4
'Visions and Revisions' needs more of both to hold readers
... although in either case the experience was, to reclaim a word from Camille Paglia (assuming anyone remembers Camille Paglia), chthonic, ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
5
Use your key for the next article
We'll briefly note that Barely Dressed of the Meridian Ocean is getting attacked not once but twice, Barnabas the Pale and his* Chthonic Horde* ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»
6
Boris Johnson: In defence of Tim Hunt, women do cry more
We have our own chthonic powers, and when someone is deemed to have said or done something to cause offence to the great and ... «National Post, Jun 15»
7
DPP city councilor protests nomination process
Heavy metal band Chthonic lead vocalist Freddy Lim (林昶佐), who is running for the legislative seat representing Taipei's Zhongzheng (中正) ... «Taipei Times, Jun 15»
8
ETC's Venus in Fur
Watch out for the chthonic forces that lurk beneath the proscenium, Ives seems to say, as they are the true masters. Be succinct, constructive ... «Santa Barbara Independent, Jun 15»
9
Thirty NW Metal/Neofolk Bands are Honoring the Summer Solstice …
If we allow ourselves to slow things down and listen to those lower, chthonic frequencies that permeate all throughout the world, we can begin ... «Seattle Weekly, Jun 15»
10
Male and female are different: hardly earth-shattering news
We have our own chthonic powers, and when someone is deemed to have said or done something to cause offence to the great and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Chthonic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chthonic>. Apr 2024 ».
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