mythicism
(ˈmɪθɪsɪz(ə)m)
[f. mythic + -ism.]
The principle of attributing a mythical character to narratives of supernatural events.
| 1840 W. H. Mill Observ. i. Pref. 8 The anti-historic mythicism of Strauss. |
Hence mythicist (ˈmɪθɪsɪst), an exponent of mythicism or mythical theories.
| 1871 Farrar Witn. Hist. ii. 74 No mythicist surely could have made what has been called the damaging admission that faith was an essential to their operation [sc. of miracles]. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. v. §3. 332 Here we encounter the stiffest antagonism of the rationalist, the materialist, and the mythicist. |