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-poietic

  1. a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -poiesis:

    hematopoietic.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -poietic1

< Greek -poiētikos. See poetic

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Example Sentences

In Rolland's case it was not simply Wagner the artist who exercised this influence, but Wagner the universal poietic personality.

Tolstoi, the only modern who seems to him poietic, as the great men of an earlier day were poietic, is his teacher and master.

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