mythopoeic
/mith-uh-pee-ik/US // ˌmɪθ əˈpi ɪk //UK // (ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːɪk) //
神话式的,神话般地,神话般的,神话般
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths.
Examples
Even down to 1750, the ballads on Rob Roy's sons are more or less mythopoeic.
At work in Ogilvies thought is a conception of the mythopoeic function of the earliest poets whose names have come down to us.
What, however, I do not know, is the extent to which the mythopoeic faculty was developed in him.
Symonds treats it as an allegory in harmony with the mythopoeic genius of Greek poetry.
The believer reasoned from his own prejudiced and mythopoeic conception of people whom he disliked.
Level 5Browse all words →