mythogenicadj.
/ˌmɪθə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɪθəˈdʒɛnɪk/ That creates a myth or myths; given to forming myths; of or relating to the creation of myths.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > relating to the creation of myth
mythopoeic1846
mythologizing1867
mythopoetic1880
mythopoietic1887
mythicizing1893
mythopoetical1900
mythogenic1958
1958 Yale French Stud. No. 21. 175 Not only legend but also religion has its role in creating the mood of the mythogenic Part Three.
1964 Economist 8 Feb. 511/2 The mythogenic dragons of the golden age of steam.
1970 Time 5 Oct. 73 Religion has cut itself off from its ‘principal sources of nourishment—the soul, the symbolic and mythogenic process, the psychic energy resources’.
1993 Guardian 19 Oct. ii. 10/3 He was mythogenic; not only could he make the wildest nonsense about himself credible, but encouraged others to add to it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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