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单词 mythopoesis
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mythopoesisn.

Brit. /ˌmɪθə(ʊ)pəʊˈiːsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪθəˌpoʊˈisᵻs/
Forms: 1800s– mythopoesis, 1900s– mythopoiesis.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: mytho- comb. form, -poiesis comb. form.
Etymology: < mytho- comb. form + -poiesis comb. form, after Hellenistic Greek μυθοποίησις. Compare earlier mythopoeic adj.With form mythopoesis compare poesis n.
The creation of a myth or myths; = mythopoeia n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > relating or constructing myths
mythoplasm1731
mythologizing1778
mythicizing1840
myth-making1853
mythopoeia1860
mythification1865
mythopoesis1882
mythogenesis1887
mythopoetizing1893
mythopoeism1899
mythography1927
remythologization1957
mythopoetics1965
mythicization1969
1882 C. F. Keary Outl. Primitive Belief 320 (note) It is in keeping with the principles of mythopoesis that Calypso's land..should be in the midst of the sea.
1936 Speculum 11 42 A good dog was doubtless as important and valuable as was a destrier..; and it was probably inevitable that mythopoiesis should enhance the virtues of the one as of the other.
1949 Yale French Stud. No. 4. 35 Mature and responsible artists experience an irresistible pull towards mythopoesis.
1998 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. ii. 38/3 Warren Leight's play ‘Sideman’,..doesn't have any mythopoesis to support: it's about a fictional (but believable), obscure trumpet player in the 1950's named Gene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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