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mythopoeia

[mith-uh-pee-uh]

noun

a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.

Origin of mythopoeia

1955–60; < Late Latin < Greek mȳthopoiía making of fables, invention, equivalent to mȳtho- mytho- + -poiia (poi(eîn) to make + -ia noun suffix)
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British Dictionary definitions for mythopoeia

mythopoeia

mythopoesis (ˌmɪθəpəʊˈiːsɪs)

noun

the composition or making of myths

Word Origin for mythopoeia

C19: from Greek, from muthopoiein, from muthos myth + poiein to make
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