mythopoeic

[ mith-uh-pee-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths.

mythopoeic

/ ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the composition of myths; productive of myths

Derived Forms

• ˌmythoˈpoeist, noun
• ˌmythoˈpoeism, noun

Other Words From

• mytho·poeism noun
• mytho·poeist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mythopoeic¹

1840–50; < Greek mȳthopoi ( ós ) making tales ( mȳtho- mytho- + -poios making ( poi ( eîn ) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ic

Example Sentences

Even down to 1750, the ballads on Rob Roy's sons are more or less mythopoeic.

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At work in Ogilvies thought is a conception of the mythopoeic function of the earliest poets whose names have come down to us.

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What, however, I do not know, is the extent to which the mythopoeic faculty was developed in him.

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Symonds treats it as an allegory in harmony with the mythopoeic genius of Greek poetry.

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The believer reasoned from his own prejudiced and mythopoeic conception of people whom he disliked.

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