mythological

Also myth·o·log·ic

[mith-uh-loj-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to mythology.

2. imaginary; fictitious.

mythological

/ ˌmɪθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to mythology

2. mythical

Other Word Forms

• mythologically adverb
• nonmythologic adjective
• nonmythological adjective
• nonmythologically adverb
• unmythological adjective
• unmythologically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of mythological¹

1605–15; < Late Latin mȳthologic ( us ) < Greek mȳthologikós ( mythology, -ic ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Predicting posterity is impossible, but “The Wayfinder” is this kind of work, modern and mythological.

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Looking at the almost mythological position the Kardashians have gone on to occupy, the cover spoke to Dame Anna's uncanny ability to anticipate culture – as well, arguably, as drive it.

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Along the way, singer Ozzy Osbourne, who has died at the age of 76, became one of rock's most influential figures, with an electrifying and unpredictable stage presence and an almost mythological intake of drugs.

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She said that the system, called Aeneas, after a Greek and Roman mythological figure, could accelerate the rate at which historians piece together the past from ancient texts.

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Moyers made a posthumous star out of a literature professor at Sarah Lawrence College with the landmark 1988 PBS series “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth,” an exploration of religious and mythological archetypes.

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