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Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is a quack bolus to reduce masculinity even by the obliteration of femininity.
John Boyle O'Reilly

Meaning of "Promethean" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROMETHEAN

Promethean  [prəˈmiːθɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROMETHEAN

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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Promethean can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROMETHEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Promethean

Promethean may refer to: ▪ Prometheus, a character from Greek mythology, who was punished by the gods for stealing fire from the heavens to give to humans ▪ "Prometheus", an 1816 poem by Lord Byron ▪ Prometheus Unbound, a Greek play by Aeschylus ▪ Prometheus Unbound, an 1820 lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley ▪ Mary Shelley gave her novel Frankenstein the subtitle The Modern Prometheus ▪ Promethean: The Created, a role-playing game published by White Wolf, Inc., involving artificial life forms similar to Frankenstein's monster ▪ Promethean Ltd: a global education company based in the UK...

Definition of Promethean in the English dictionary

The first definition of Promethean in the dictionary is of or relating to Prometheus. Other definition of Promethean is creative, original, or life-enhancing. Promethean is also a person who resembles Prometheus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROMETHEAN


apocynthion
ˌæpəˈsɪnθɪən
chondrichthyan
kɒnˈdrɪkθɪən
Corinthian
kəˈrɪnθɪən
Erechtheion
ɪˈrɛkθɪən
Galbraithian
ɡælˈbreɪθɪən
Hogarthian
ˌhəʊˈɡɑːθɪən
labyrinthian
ˌlæbəˈrɪnθɪən
nepenthean
nɪˈpɛnθɪən
orthian
ˈɔːθɪən
osteichthyan
ˌɒstɪˈɪkθɪən
Parthian
ˈpɑːθɪən
pericynthion
ˌpɛrɪˈsɪnθɪən
Pythian
ˈpɪθɪən
Reithean
ˈriːθɪən
Reithian
ˈriːθɪən
Xanthian
ˈzænθɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROMETHEAN

Promenade Concerts
promenade deck
promenader
prometal
promethazine
prometheum
Prometheus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROMETHEAN

Archean
Comanchean
ditrochean
Gomorrhean
Kampuchean
Lethean
Manichean
Morphean
Nietzschean
nymphean
Orphean
Sisyphean

Synonyms and antonyms of Promethean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Promethean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROMETHEAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

普罗米修斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Promethean
570 millions of speakers

English

Promethean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Promethean
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بروميثيان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Promethean
278 millions of speakers

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Promethean
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্র্যামীথিউস-সংক্রান্ত বা তত্তুল্য
260 millions of speakers

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Promethean
220 millions of speakers

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Promethean
190 millions of speakers

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Promethean
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プロメテウスの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프로 메테우스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Promethean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Promethean
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரமீதீயன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोमेथिएन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Promethean
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Promethean
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prometejska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Promethean
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prometeic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Προμηθέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Promethean
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Promethean
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Promethean
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Promethean

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMETHEAN»

The term «Promethean» is regularly used and occupies the 68.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROMETHEAN» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «PROMETHEAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Promethean.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is a quack bolus to reduce masculinity even by the obliteration of femininity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROMETHEAN»

Discover the use of Promethean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Promethean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Promethean the Created
"For use with the World of darkness rulebook"--P. [4] of cover.
Justin R. Achilli, Promethean, 2006
2
Genes, Cells and Brains: The Promethean Promises of the New ...
But where is the new world we were promised? In Genes, Cells, and Brains, feminist sociologist Hilary Rose and neuroscientist Steven Rose take on the bioscience industry and its claims.
Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, 2013
3
Promethean Ambitions: Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature
In Promethean Ambitions, William R. Newman ambitiously uses alchemy to investigate the thinning boundary between the natural and the artificial.
William R. Newman, 2005
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The Promethean politics of Milton, Blake, and Shelley
This volume will be of special interest to students and teachers of seventeenth-century studies and English Romantic poetry, in addition to those interested in myth, iconography, and semiotics.
Linda M. Lewis, 1992
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The Promethean Illusion: The Western Belief in Human Mastery ...
"This text examines our presumption of mastery, the role of Newtonian science and modern science upon the Western philosophy of nature.
Bob Tostevin, 2010
6
Promethean Love: Paul Kurtz and the Humanistic Perspective ...
In this collection of essays, the Promethean myth and its relationship to the philosophy of love is explored from its origins in Ancient Greece, to its similarities and contrasts with the figure of Christ.
Timothy Madigan, 2008
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Guilt with a Twist: The Promethean Way
"-Larry Staples, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst and author of The Promethean Way Promethean guilt is the guilt we incur for the sins that we need to commit if we are to achieve, both for our selves and for our society, some of the social, political ...
Lawrence H. Staples, 2008
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Blood and Iron: A Novel of the Promethean Age
She is known as Seeker.
Elizabeth Bear, 2008
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Ink and Steel: A Novel of the Promethean Age
With playwright and spy Kit Marley murdered, dramatist William Shakespeare unsuccessfully takes on the Promethean Club's secret battle against sorcerers out to destroy England, until Marley, resurrected by Faerie enchantment, comes to his ...
Elizabeth Bear, 2009
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Promethean Fire: Reflections on the Origin of the Mind
Argues that a mutual change in genetics and culture brought about the development of human mental capacity
Charles J. Lumsden, Edward O. Wilson, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROMETHEAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Promethean is used in the context of the following news items.
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New paint and cleaner bathrooms? Parents did that
The group has shifted its focus from filling technology needs, as each classroom now has a Promethean board and the school has tablets and ... «Alexandria Town Talk, Jul 15»
2
Hockessin Montessori to host annual Summer Jubilee this Wednesday
... technology into the hands of every student, with iPods, laptops and Promethean smartboards in the classrooms, according to school officials. «Hockessin Community news, Jul 15»
3
Norges Bank UK Regulatory Announcement: Form 8.3 - Promethean
Form 8.3 - Promethean World Plc. July 27, 2015 04:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time. LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--. FORM 8.3. PUBLIC OPENING POSITION ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
4
Christine M. Flowers: Planned Parenthood's work is the worst of the …
... written in the language of our ancestors lodged against the smug and unapologetic complacency of a society that thinks it is Promethean. «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»
5
Honored for 33 years in the classroom
“I can remember the old graph boards that you put on the wall like a chalk board, and now we have the promethean board and technology that ... «Jackson Sun, Jul 15»
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'Pterodactyls' brutally explores fossilized theme of dysfunctional family
What: Promethean Theatre and Rockfire Theatre present playwright Nicky Silver's black comedy about family, decay, denial, communication, ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Book collectors: Rockwell Kent
Years later Kent would go on to redesign “the Promethean bearer of enlightenment” seen on the spine and end papers of Modern Library ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»
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Disgusting revelations
... our ancestors lodged against the smug and unapologetic complacency of a society that thinks it is Promethean. We do not recognize a higher ... «Times-Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Windows Phone flagship hope kindled: ''Cityman'' and ''Talkman …
Now a Promethean figure in the eyes of die-hard Windows Phone fans, Rubino yesterday provided detailed information about two rumored ... «Computerworld, Jul 15»
10
William 'Pope' Wright, Professor, Artist, Mentor at UW-Superior
"My emphasis (in those two classes) is people of black descent," he said in a Promethean student newspaper feature in 2000. Wright said ... «University of Wisconsin- Superior, Jul 15»

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