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PRONUNCIATION OF MYTHICISM

mythicism  [ˈmɪθɪˌsɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MYTHICISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mythicism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MYTHICISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mythicism

Mythicism, ▪ mythopoeia ▪ superstition ▪ in 19th-century theology, the Christ myth theory...

Definition of mythicism in the English dictionary

The definition of mythicism in the dictionary is the practice of changing a historical character into a mythical character.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MYTHICISM


aestheticism
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsɪzəm
asceticism
əˈsɛtɪˌsɪzəm
Catholicism
kəˈθɒlɪˌsɪzəm
classicism
ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
cynicism
ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm
eclecticism
ɪˈklɛktɪˌsɪzəm
empiricism
ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm
eroticism
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
fanaticism
fəˈnætɪˌsɪzəm
historicism
hɪˈstɒrɪˌsɪzəm
lyricism
ˈlɪrɪˌsɪzəm
mosaicism
məʊˈzeɪɪˌsɪzəm
mysticism
ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm
narcissism
ˈnɑːsɪˌsɪzəm
neoclassicism
ˌniːəʊˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
neuroticism
njʊˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
romanticism
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm
scholasticism
skəˈlæstɪˌsɪzəm
witticism
ˈwɪtɪˌsɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MYTHICISM

myth
myth.
mythic
mythical
mythically
mythicisation
mythicise
mythiciser
mythicist
mythicization
mythicize
mythicizer
mythist
mythmaker
mythmaking
mythogeneses
mythogenesis
mythographer
mythography
mythoi

WORDS THAT END LIKE MYTHICISM

agnosticism
Anglicism
anti-Catholicism
athleticism
didacticism
esotericism
exoticism
hermeticism
higher criticism
homoeroticism
literary criticism
monasticism
new criticism
peripateticism
racism
Roman Catholicism
scepticism
self-criticism
skepticism
stoicism
textual criticism

Synonyms and antonyms of mythicism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mythicism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MYTHICISM

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

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mythicism
1,325 millions of speakers

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mythicism
570 millions of speakers

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mythicism
510 millions of speakers

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mythicism
380 millions of speakers
ar

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mythicism
280 millions of speakers

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mythicism
278 millions of speakers

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mythicism
270 millions of speakers

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mythicism
260 millions of speakers

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mythicism
220 millions of speakers

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Mitos
190 millions of speakers

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mythicism
180 millions of speakers

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mythicism
130 millions of speakers

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mythicism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mythicism
85 millions of speakers
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mythicism
80 millions of speakers

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mythicism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंतकथा
75 millions of speakers

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mythicism
70 millions of speakers

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mythicism
65 millions of speakers

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mythicism
50 millions of speakers

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mythicism
40 millions of speakers

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mythicism
30 millions of speakers
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mythicism
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

mythicism
14 millions of speakers
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mythicism
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

mythicism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mythicism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MYTHICISM»

The term «mythicism» is used very little and occupies the 183.609 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MYTHICISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mythicism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mythicism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MYTHICISM»

Discover the use of mythicism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mythicism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Philosophy 9/11: Thinking about the War on Terrorism
As to their delimitation, each concept covers only one of two types of strong mythicism and has no application to weak mythicism, which usually comprises some combination of subscription to both mythos and logos. The aim of both the ...
Timothy Shanahan, 2005
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The story of the Gospels, in a single narrative combined ...
or. " mythicism. s." For. various. reasons. these. theories. appeared. to. the. author . to. be. incom-. It has not been sufficiently observed that the circumstances of the mission of Jesus necessarily induce similarity where identity is impossible.
William Pound, 1869
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Myth and Music: A Semiotic Approach to the Aesthetics of ...
Already the mere position of a musical sign in the syntagma of a musical work can afford an opportunity for the emergence of mythicism. For example, the relation of antecedence, or the category generally prevailing in the mythical universe ...
Eero Tarasti, 1979
4
Did Moses Exist?: The Myth of the Israelite Lawgiver
Moses. versus. Jesus. Mythicism. As I say regarding the “quest for the historical Jesus,” the discussion revolves around not whether or not a Moses existed but what his myth signifies. As a historical personage, the Moses of the Pentateuch did ...
D. M. Murdock, Acharya S, 2014
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The Vital Art of D.H. Lawrence: Vision and Expression
... could let themselves be carried by life" (398). The intensity, expansiveness, ritualism, mythicism, universality, extremism, pantheism, and vitalism all look toward Lawrence's mastery of a fully charged expressionist language in The Rainbow.
Jack Stewart, 1999
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Aids to the Study of German Theology
Mythicism came in its room, and the standpoint of these two was a contrary one. Eationalism had accepted the facts of Scripture, but had offered a natural explanation of them ; Mythicism denied the existence of the facts, and regarded them as ...
George Matheson, 1876
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Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths?
1. Introduction: From. fundamentalism. to. mythicism. Issues,. 'scholars'. and. bloggers. Issues. One of the most remarkable features of public discussion of Jesus of Nazareth in the twentyfirst century has been a massive upsurge in the view that ...
Maurice Casey, 2014
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'Is This Not the Carpenter?': The Question of the ...
Praise for this volume: 'Is This Not the Carpenter? is an important example of what we need more of: serious scholarly examinations and debates on the historicity of Jesus and what methods to use in resolving it.
Thomas L. Thompson, Thomas S. Verenna, 2013
9
Bibliotheca sacra: a theological quarterly
He, indeed, who has his mind preoccupied with certain views of modern mythicism,1 and measures everything according to his “ critical principles respecting mythology 'and the origin of religions,” will seek to escape here also, or find it most ...
Dallas Theological Seminary and Graduate School of Theology, 1865
10
Baldwin Lectures ...
Mythicism, — Strauss, Value of his Work, gave a Death-blow to Rationalism ; Measure of Truth in Pantheism ; Failure of Mythicism ; Renan's " Vie de J^sus ; " Strauss's new " Leben Jesu." III. Materialism, — Strauss's " The Old Faith and the  ...
‎1888

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MYTHICISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mythicism is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Criterion of Damage Control
In addressing the claims of mythicism, I think a key point is to get the criterion of embarrassment right. I do not think anyone has ever said, ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
Review of Maurice Casey's Jesus: Evidence and Argument or …
He took the highly problematic character of mythicism seriously enough that he thought it worth showing unambiguously why it does not ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
3
Lana Del Rey's Transcendent Concert At The Borgata In Atlantic City
As a Jersey native, I picked up on a certain kismet alliance between Atlantic City's Pine Barren mythicism (see the Jersey Devil) and Lana Del ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
4
A Retrospective Showcase Of Nigeria In The Midnight Hotel
It highlights themes of corruption, bad leadership, child abuse, mythicism, profiteering and military impunity. The play systematically uses the ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Apr 15»
5
CNN Covers Mythicism
“It's a way of responding to something you don't like,” Crossan says. “We can't say that Obama doesn't exist, but we can say that he's not an ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
6
Skepticism of Mythicism
Daniel Gulotta did an interview with Miami Valley Skeptics about mythicism. Not only has he shared links to the recording, but on his blog he ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
7
Embarrassed by Mythicism/Antievolutionism
Have you ever wondered why the two New Testament scholars to write books directly tackling mythicist claims are Bart Ehrman and Maurice ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
8
Where The Ball Is
That is one of the challenges of engaging with mythicism – is the one attempt at doing mythicist scholarship genuine or merely a wedge akin to ... «Patheos, Feb 15»
9
Bart Ehrman on Jesus Mythicism
I gather as well that you have not bothered to get to know this blog, where I have been blogging about mythicism in general for many years, and ... «Patheos, Jan 15»
10
Mythicists Gain Nothing By Exaggerating
Mythicism cannot take a short cut to acceptance by using sleight of hand, shoddy reasoning, poor argumentation, oversimplification, ... «Patheos, Dec 14»

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