mythopoeic
See also: mythopœic
English
Etymology
From Hellenistic Ancient Greek μυθοποιία (muthopoiía, “mythopoeia”) + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɪθə(ʊ)ˈpiːɪk/
Adjective
mythopoeic (comparative more mythopoeic, superlative most mythopoeic)
- 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.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:
Anagrams
- homeotypic