Promethean

  1. Adjective.  of or pertaining to Prometheus.
  2. Adjective.  daringly original; boldly inventive or creative.
  3. Adjective.  of a Romantic literary hero: one who is a rebel against a larger order, one who defies traditional moral categories, persecuted but dauntless.
  4. Noun.  one who acts in a Promethean manner.

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