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mythopoeia

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myth⋅o⋅poe⋅ia

  [mith-uh-pee-uh]
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–noun
a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.
Origin:
1955–60; < LL < Gk mȳthopoiía making of fables, invention, equiv. to mȳtho- mytho- + -poiia (poi(eîn) to make + -ia n. suffix)
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myth·o·poe·ic or myth·o·pe·ic   (mĭth'ə-pē'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the making of myths.

  2. Serving to create or engender myths; productive in mythmaking.


[From Greek mūthopoios, composer of fiction, from mūthopoiein, to relate a story : mūthos, story + poiein, to make; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.]
myth'o·poe'ia (-pē'ə), myth'o·po·e'sis (-pō-ē'sĭs) n.
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