mytho-theologyn.
/ˌmɪθə(ʊ)θɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪθoʊθiˈɑlədʒi/ Theology based on myth; theology mixed with elements of popular myth.
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theo-mythology1858
mytho-theology1927
1927 J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation vi. 191 They possess a vague and elastic mytho-theology.
1932 R. A. Knox Broadcast Minds iv. 72 They had ancestors..to whom that mytho-theology was real.
1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 12 Nov. 1 p ‘Messenger’ delivers a confusing mytho-theology that hedges its bets between religious vision and movie-of-the-week psychological motivation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1927- to hang on by one's fingertips
- to hang on by the eyelids
- to hang on in the hedge
- to hang on lips
- to hang on one's mind
- to hang on or in a string
- to hang on someone's rear
- to hang on the hedge
- to hang on the trip
- to hang on to
- to hang on to something by one's fingernails
- to hang on to something by one's fingertips
- to hang on, upon, of a person's sleeve
- to hang on, upon, of sleeve
- to hang one on
- to hang one's ears
- to hang one's hat
- to hang one's hat on
- to hang out
- to hang out bushes
- to hang out false colours
- to have come a long way
- to have come down in the last shower
- to have common
- to have company