mythicismn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmɪθəˌsɪz(ə)m/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mythic adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < mythic adj. + -ism suffix. Compare mythicize v., mythicizing n.

†1. Theology. The principle or practice of interpreting accounts of miracles or supernatural events as myths rather than as historically true. Obsolete.In Christian theology mythicism is associated chiefly with the German theologian David Strauss (1808–74), whose Leben Jesu (1835–6) denied the historical foundation of all supernatural events described in the Gospels.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > interpretation of supernatural events as myths

mythicism1840

mythism1848

1840 W. H. Mill Observ. Gospel Pref. 8 The anti-historic mythicism of Strauss.

1867 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 343 The Mythicism of Strauss, with its negation of all the historical statements which it afterwards employs for the reconstruction of an impalpable creed.

1877 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Apr. 279 His review..develops his profound sympathy with the author in his setting up of the historical manifestation of God in Jesus Christ, as the sole and sufficient antidote to the mythicism of Strauss.

2. The tendency to create myths. Also: the condition of having mythic status.

ΚΠ

1953 P. Rahv in Partisan Rev. 20 645 As an ideology ‘mythicism’ is..not to be equated at all points with its artistic practice.

1981 Jrnl. Black Stud. 11 484 Religions have also been influenced by the mythicism and spirit found in African and Afro-American forms.

2000 Daily News Los Angeles (Nexis) 9 Jan. He's hardly an ultra-cool, laconic western icon, and yet he strives for mythicism all the same.

2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Jan. c1 Alas, Texas: doomed in the national imagination to be the stereotyped frontier of cinema and song, a sham Texas of historical mythicism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mythicism
释义	mythicismn. Brit. /ˈmɪθᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɪθəˌsɪz(ə)m/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mythic adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < mythic adj. + -ism suffix. Compare mythicize v., mythicizing n. †1. Theology. The principle or practice of interpreting accounts of miracles or supernatural events as myths rather than as historically true. Obsolete.In Christian theology mythicism is associated chiefly with the German theologian David Strauss (1808–74), whose Leben Jesu (1835–6) denied the historical foundation of all supernatural events described in the Gospels. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > interpretation of supernatural events as myths mythicism1840 mythism1848 1840 W. H. Mill Observ. Gospel Pref. 8 The anti-historic mythicism of Strauss. 1867 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 343 The Mythicism of Strauss, with its negation of all the historical statements which it afterwards employs for the reconstruction of an impalpable creed. 1877 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Apr. 279 His review..develops his profound sympathy with the author in his setting up of the historical manifestation of God in Jesus Christ, as the sole and sufficient antidote to the mythicism of Strauss. 2. The tendency to create myths. Also: the condition of having mythic status. ΚΠ 1953 P. Rahv in Partisan Rev. 20 645 As an ideology ‘mythicism’ is..not to be equated at all points with its artistic practice. 1981 Jrnl. Black Stud. 11 484 Religions have also been influenced by the mythicism and spirit found in African and Afro-American forms. 2000 Daily News Los Angeles (Nexis) 9 Jan. He's hardly an ultra-cool, laconic western icon, and yet he strives for mythicism all the same. 2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Jan. c1 Alas, Texas: doomed in the national imagination to be the stereotyped frontier of cinema and song, a sham Texas of historical mythicism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840
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