mythopoeticadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪθə(ʊ)pəʊˈɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɪθəpoʊˈɛdɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: mytho- comb. form, poetic adj.

Etymology: < mytho- comb. form + poetic adj., after Hellenistic Greek μυθοποίησις mythopoesis n. Compare earlier mythopoeic adj., and slightly later mythopoietic adj.

1. = mythopoeic adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > relating to the creation of myth

mythopoeic1846

mythologizing1867

mythopoetic1880

mythopoietic1887

mythicizing1893

mythopoetical1900

mythogenic1958

1880 Academy 26 June 470 The mythopoetic faculty has already been busy with the name of one whose actual life was more strange than fiction itself.

1914 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 44 139 It is clear that the ancestors of the Maori, in common with other races, strove to fathom the unfathomable... The above is part of the result, ideas evolved by a mythopoetic people.

1959 Science 27 Nov. 1460/3 Their [sc. factory workers'] approach to work is straightforward and technical, not mythopoetic or mystical.

1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Apr. 381/2 This mythopoetic quality.

2. Originally U.S. [The movement arose from Iron John: a Book about Men (1990), by Robert Bly (b. 1926), U.S. poet and author, which draws on myth, folklore, and Jungian psychology to explore its masculinist themes.] Designating or relating to a movement for men which encourages activities such as storytelling, poetry reading, and the enactment of rituals as a means to self-understanding. Frequently in mythopoetic men's movement.

ΚΠ

1989 Amer. Health Jan. 67/2 Robert Bly, founder of the mythopoetic wing of the men's movement, has been leading conferences on men's issues for the past five years.

1991 Boston Globe 22 Sept. (Mag.) 10/2 Shopping for..tea bags satisfies the mythopoetic masculine soul, which houses a repressed hunter-gatherer.

1995 Independent on Sunday 28 May (Review Suppl.) 14/2 The ‘mythopoetic’ work that attracted Richard to the men's movement..has a good deal of similarity to theatre work.

2000 Everyman (Nexis) 31 Aug. 2 The mythopoetic or spiritual side of the movement, men who focus on their inner lives and healing their inner wounds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mythopoetic
释义	mythopoeticadj. Brit. /ˌmɪθə(ʊ)pəʊˈɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪθəpoʊˈɛdɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: mytho- comb. form, poetic adj. Etymology: < mytho- comb. form + poetic adj., after Hellenistic Greek μυθοποίησις mythopoesis n. Compare earlier mythopoeic adj., and slightly later mythopoietic adj. 1. = mythopoeic adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [adjective] > relating to the creation of myth mythopoeic1846 mythologizing1867 mythopoetic1880 mythopoietic1887 mythicizing1893 mythopoetical1900 mythogenic1958 1880 Academy 26 June 470 The mythopoetic faculty has already been busy with the name of one whose actual life was more strange than fiction itself. 1914 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 44 139 It is clear that the ancestors of the Maori, in common with other races, strove to fathom the unfathomable... The above is part of the result, ideas evolved by a mythopoetic people. 1959 Science 27 Nov. 1460/3 Their [sc. factory workers'] approach to work is straightforward and technical, not mythopoetic or mystical. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Apr. 381/2 This mythopoetic quality. 2. Originally U.S. [The movement arose from Iron John: a Book about Men (1990), by Robert Bly (b. 1926), U.S. poet and author, which draws on myth, folklore, and Jungian psychology to explore its masculinist themes.] Designating or relating to a movement for men which encourages activities such as storytelling, poetry reading, and the enactment of rituals as a means to self-understanding. Frequently in mythopoetic men's movement. ΚΠ 1989 Amer. Health Jan. 67/2 Robert Bly, founder of the mythopoetic wing of the men's movement, has been leading conferences on men's issues for the past five years. 1991 Boston Globe 22 Sept. (Mag.) 10/2 Shopping for..tea bags satisfies the mythopoetic masculine soul, which houses a repressed hunter-gatherer. 1995 Independent on Sunday 28 May (Review Suppl.) 14/2 The ‘mythopoetic’ work that attracted Richard to the men's movement..has a good deal of similarity to theatre work. 2000 Everyman (Nexis) 31 Aug. 2 The mythopoetic or spiritual side of the movement, men who focus on their inner lives and healing their inner wounds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1880
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