mythical
adjective
pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
mythic
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a variation of
mythical.
Example Sentences
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The voiceover is a bit much, actually, but so is the score, both elements meant to elevate this particular cat into something mythic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The mythic backbone of “Avatar” is in many ways just as simple.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the early ’90s, he had attended Long Beach’s mythic Spruce Goose rave, which took over the hulking geodesic dome that once housed eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes’ failed wooden plane.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
It’s a tedious spin on a Wolverine movie Jackman has already made, 2017’s “Logan,” in which his mythic anti-heroic X-Man fosters a ferocious moppet en route to the grave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
He has sung whole love songs to the cynical crowds, told tall stories of courage and honor, doing all this without any mythic display, without savvy, almost embarrassing the urban throng.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
