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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)
- Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
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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