Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mythopoetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: mythopo-et-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.

adj

Being a creative interpretation.

adj

Given the quality of a myth or a poem, used typically in opposition to a purely factual account.

adj

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."
"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.""
""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.""

Etymology

From mytho- + poetic; since 1880.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mytho

Inflected Forms

more mythopoetic (comparative) most mythopoetic (superlative)

Derived Forms

mythopoetically mythopoeticize

Synonyms

mythopoeic mythopoetical

Questions

What does mythopoetic mean?: Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
Where does mythopoetic come from?: From mytho- + poetic; since 1880.

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