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MYTHICISM
Definition of MYTHICISM
noun
The scholarly opinion that the gospels are mythological expansions of historical data.
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Where it comes from
From myth + -icism. In occasional use since the 1840s. The earliest use of the term was in Christian theology, in reference to the "Mythic Theory" of D. F. Strauss (1835). The more general sense appears from the 1870s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MYTH · 10 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MYTHICISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYTHICISM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CHIIMMSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once.
Words that start MYTHIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MYTHICISM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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