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单词 mythopoeia
释义

mythopoeia

[ mith-uh-pee-uh ]
/ ˌmɪθ əˈpi ə /

noun

a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.

Origin of mythopoeia

1955–60; <Late Latin <Greek mȳthopoiía making of fables, invention, equivalent to mȳtho-mytho- + -poiia (poi(eîn) to make + -ia noun suffix)

Words nearby mythopoeia

mythologist, mythologize, mythology, mythomane, mythomania, mythopoeia, mythopoeic, mythopoetize, mythos, Mytilene, Mytishchi
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British Dictionary definitions for mythopoeia

mythopoeia

mythopoesis (ˌmɪθəpəʊˈiːsɪs)

/ (ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːə) /

noun

the composition or making of myths

Word Origin for mythopoeia

C19: from Greek, from muthopoiein, from muthos myth + poiein to make
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