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单词 mythopoeist
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mythopoeistn.

Brit. /ˌmɪθə(ʊ)ˈpiːɪst/, U.S. /ˌmɪθəˈpiᵻst/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μυθοποιία , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μυθοποιία mythopoeia n. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier mythopoeic adj. and later mythopoeia n., mythopoeism n., mythopoesis n.
A creator of myths; an exponent of mythopoeia.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > [noun] > relating or constructing myths > one who
mythologer1604
mythologist1608
mythologizer1641
mythographer1660
myth-maker1856
mythopoeist1873
mythopoet1876
mythograph1891
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 2 Decayed, disintegrated, dilapidated phrases, the meaning of which had been lost to the first mythopoeists.
1959 Mod. Lang. Notes 74 599 Shelley and other Romantic mythopoeists.
1975 Times 14 Jan. 14/4 Left-wing mythopoeists.
1992 Transition No. 57. 18/2 The result is what Guyanese novelist and mythopoeist Wilson Harris calls ‘solipsistic masks of community run amok’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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