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mythopoeia

American  
[mith-uh-pee-uh] / ˌmɪθ əˈpi ə /

noun

  1. a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.

mythopoeia British  
/ ˌmɪθəpəʊˈiːsɪs, ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːə /

noun

  1. the composition or making of myths

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Etymology

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)

Example Sentences

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For mythopoeia is just this, the incarnating the spirit of natural fact; and the generic name of that power is Art.

From Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

HE has reached a stage of culture where such mythopoeia has become impossible.

From The Invention of a New Religion by Chamberlain, Basil Hall

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