English Explanatory Dictionary

geomythology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of myths concerning geological features and events that may refer to verifiable geological phenomena.

Word forms

geomythology

Etymology

From geo- + mythology, coined in 1968 by Dorothy Vitaliano, a geologist at Indiana University.

Related words

geomyth geomythical geomythological geomythologist
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