Promethean
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Prometheus
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creative, original, or life-enhancing
noun
Etymology
Origin of Promethean
First recorded in 1590–1600; Promethe(us) + -an
Example Sentences
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The full Promethean power of their achievement would slowly emerge over decades of research by fellow geneticists.
From BBC
Yet the myth of him as a Promethean figure who suffered for unleashing the fundamental forces of nature onto a society unprepared to bear responsibility for it obscures the extent of his complicity.
From Salon
Yeah, I expect some hate mail for "Promethean," because it sounds so darned elitist and stupid all at once.
From Salon
Perhaps the most influential European of all — at least to Americans in permanently arrested adolescence — was the Russian immigrant, Hollywood screenwriter, novelist and cult leader Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, better known as her Promethean alter ego, Ayn Rand.
From Salon
His company, Promethean AI offers developers a set of tools to craft their own virtual worlds.
From BBC
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