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单词 mythopoeic
释义

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)

  1. 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.

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