mythological

adjective

variants also mythologic
Definition of mythologicalnext
as in allegorical

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Recent Examples of mythological Like the West African mythological creature that lends the bar its name, the drinks at Anansi will, indeed, sneak up on you. — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026 Why not make another mythological story, with your own sensibilities and ideologies baked into it? — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 Vermeer began his career as a history painter, producing ambitious mythological and religious compositions. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes depicts a Greek mythological scene during the Trojan War in which the hero Achilles has been hidden by his mother, the sea nymph Thetis, on the island of Skyros. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mythological
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mythological
  1. allegorical
  2. imaginary
  3. fanciful
  4. fictional
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  • Depicting the rise and spectacular fall of an Anglo- and Euro-centric civilization, the series was originally presented as an allegorical warning about imperial expansion to the then-young nation.
    — Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026
  • And most ephemeral but perhaps most affecting were the shows that say something about our country and culture through their nuanced and often allegorical storytelling.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of allegorical
Adjective
  • Hop aboard an imaginary Vespa, or perhaps a high-speed train eastward to the boot country, where not every meal comes blistering out of a brick oven or ladled from a bubbling pot.
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026
  • Some rehearse using a bedpan — placing it in the right spot, cleaning out the imaginary contents.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of imaginary
Adjective
  • Some fanciful pundits in those pie-in-the-sky stories of 1976 predicted that, by 2026, local property taxes in Florida would no longer exist.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • Immediately after alighting from its fanciful detour, Woods makes the odd decision to leave Emily’s perspective and lock into Sylvia’s.
    — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026
Definition of fanciful
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  • Aside from the fictional King Kong, who first appeared in a 1933 film atop the skyscraper, others in real life legally — and illegally — climbed the famous skyscraper.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • In honor of The Bear’s final season, Jono Pandolfi’s signature white and toasted clay dinnerware (featured in the fictional restaurant) is 15% off.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
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