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单词 mythopoeia
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Definition of mythopoeia in English:

mythopoeia

noun ˌmɪθə(ʊ)ˈpiːəˌmiTHəˈpēə
mass noun
  • The making of a myth or myths.

    神话创作;神话制造

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the next four chapters, he attempts to uncover the mythopoeia.
    • He is the only one who relates mythopoeia to the dynamism of human imagination.
    • A long phase of reverence for rationality subverted his original, spiritually frenetic passion for tragic mythopoeia.
    • Do not think of Pressfield's Amazons as being designed to pamper reader's egos or expectations, think of them as what they are in his mythopoeia; an ancient and vicious band of sisters.
    • I became too immersed in Pressfield's mythopoeia to give a damn about any of that.
    • For, as noted above, Tasso's is the first vernacular poem to mold Musaeus in the Ovidian heroic manner: apostrophe, ethopoeia and digressive mythopoeia abound.

Derivatives

  • mythopoeic

  • adjective mɪθəˈpiːɪkˌmɪθəˈpiɪk
    • In the period before political independence, Francophone prose was typically elevated, extravagant, mythopoeic, and laced with surreal fantasy or utopian symbolism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These psychogenetic affinities and ambiguities between carnal desires, cannibalism, death, and rebirth form the core symbolism of the mythopoeic imagery.
      • This, of course, signifies a mythopoeic world view - myth-making - as well as the beginning of religion.
      • Just because she offers a mythopoeic rationale for her view doesn't make it less sexist or phobic.
      • The approach is primarily mythopoeic, recognising that spiritual truths are better understood by means of allusion and symbol rather than through doctrine.

Origin

1950s: from Greek muthopoiia, from muthos 'myth' + poiein 'make'.

Definition of mythopoeia in US English:

mythopoeia

nounˌmiTHəˈpēə
  • The making of a myth or myths.

    神话创作;神话制造

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For, as noted above, Tasso's is the first vernacular poem to mold Musaeus in the Ovidian heroic manner: apostrophe, ethopoeia and digressive mythopoeia abound.
    • A long phase of reverence for rationality subverted his original, spiritually frenetic passion for tragic mythopoeia.
    • Do not think of Pressfield's Amazons as being designed to pamper reader's egos or expectations, think of them as what they are in his mythopoeia; an ancient and vicious band of sisters.
    • He is the only one who relates mythopoeia to the dynamism of human imagination.
    • In the next four chapters, he attempts to uncover the mythopoeia.
    • I became too immersed in Pressfield's mythopoeia to give a damn about any of that.

Origin

1950s: from Greek muthopoiia, from muthos ‘myth’ + poiein ‘make’.

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