Prometheanism
(prəʊˈmiːθiːənɪz(ə)m)
[f. Promethean a. + -ism.]
Conduct or policy resembling that traditionally ascribed to Prometheus.
| 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 157 Patterns of the ‘Romantic agony’, chiefly sadism, Prometheanism. 1976 M. J. Lasky Utopia & Revolution (1977) xi. 412 He [sc. Locke] disdained the incendiaries of the age with their fiery images, and deplored the whole tradition of Prometheanism. |