Word of the Day 06/07/25 Mythopoeic

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Mythopoeic (adjective)
mythopoeic [ mith-uh-pee-ik ]

adjective
1. of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths.

Other Word Forms
myth o·poe ism noun
myth o·poe ist noun

Origin: 1840–50; < Greek mȳthopoi ( ós ) making tales ( mȳtho- mytho- + -poios making ( poi ( eîn ) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ic

Example Sentences
Some people within the university will become mythopoeic creators of the new narrative of a national or political, coherent destiny.
From Salon

Like most big cosmic ideas, this one has almost certainly been purloined, ornamented and abused more than once in the vast works of mythopoeic bricolage which DC and Marvel, America’s main comic-book publishers, have provided to the world over the past decades.
From Economist

Gloria Steinem’s New York is a bit like everyone’s: a mythopoeic territory at the intersection of real estate, restaurants and workaholism, with bits of love, sex and ambition thrown in.
From New York Times

It takes us back, she later wrote, to ‘‘the warrior, of some mythopoeic time before weapons were invented.’’
From New York Times

Stephanie Feldman’s debut novel, “The Angel of Losses,” is a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, winner of the Crawford Fantasy Award, and a finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award.
From Salon

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