mythopoeic

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English

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek μυθοποιία (muthopoiía, mythopoeia) +‎ -ic.

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Adjective

mythopoeic (comparative more mythopoeic, superlative most mythopoeic)

  1. Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
    • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
      No other fully historical hero has furnished such a perfect opportunity for the mythopoeic faculty.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 8:
      If we study myth in a scientific way, we miss the experience of moving into a mythopoeic mode of consciousness.
    • 1985 December 23, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, “Book of The Times”, in The New York Times:
      Suppose a serious literary critic were to write about Hollywood autobiographies: “Niven experiences life as an imprisoning reality of personal experience, plus mythopoeic elements, a vast sottisier in the tradition of Jessel's This way, Miss. []

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