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- adjective Having certain elements of
mythology .
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Examples
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This suggests that such phylogenetic predominance is a biological record of past hegemony and supports the veracity of semimythological early genealogies.
Every man a king! Steve Sailer 2005
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This suggests that such phylogenetic predominance is a biological record of past hegemony and supports the veracity of semimythological early genealogies.
Archive 2005-12-11 Steve Sailer 2005
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I had managed to avoid the long lines - a surprisingly practical concern for a semimythological figure.
NYT > Home Page By ARIEL KAMINER 2010
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The history and folklore Pearl studied were rich in the kind of heroines she needed at this stage, clever, powerful and beautiful women like the empress herself and the semimythological Mulan, a Chinese Joan of Arc, who put on her father’s armor to fight for her country in the army of a fifth-century khan.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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The history and folklore Pearl studied were rich in the kind of heroines she needed at this stage, clever, powerful and beautiful women like the empress herself and the semimythological Mulan, a Chinese Joan of Arc, who put on her father’s armor to fight for her country in the army of a fifth-century khan.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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