Mythopoetic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mythopoetic is an adjective meaning Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
Meaning
Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
More Meanings
- Being a creative interpretation.
- (mythology) Given the quality of a myth or a poem, used typically in opposition to a purely factual account.
- Of or relating to the mythopoetic men's movement.
Example Sentences
Nor is it, as poetry, concerned with any ultimate explanation of the product of mythopoetic fancy.
"To paraphrase Kelly (1994), we should not be surprised that Nature, having subjugated the bulk of inert matter on Earth, would go on to subjugate the mythopoetic narratives that are the basis of the moral codes that constitute this still culturally diverse world."
Darren Staloff's lecture Search for a Meaningful Past: Philosophies, Theories and Interpretations of Human History, The Teaching Company "An example of the former, of the mythopoetic history, may be Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche, or Ecce Homo his own mythopoetic autobiography."
Synonyms for mythopoetic
Depending on context, synonyms include mythopoeic, mythopoetical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mythopoetical, mythological, mythogenic, mythologic, mythy, mythohistorical.
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