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mythopeic

mythopeic is the alternative form of mythopoeic.

Meaning of mythopoeic

Adjective

mythopoeic (comparative more mythopoeic, superlative most mythopoeic)

  1. Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
    • No other fully historical hero has furnished such a perfect opportunity for the mythopoeic faculty.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25
    Synonyms:
    mythogenic

Forms of mythopeic

comparativemore mythopeic
superlativemost mythopeic

Questions about mythopeic

What is mythopeic the alternative form of?
Mythopeic is the alternative form of mythopoeic.

Words near mythopeic in the dictionary

  1. mythomoteurs
  2. mythonomy
  3. mythonym
  4. mythonyms
  5. mythopathic
  6. mythopeic
  7. mythoplasm
  8. mythoplasms
  9. mythopoeia
  10. mythopoeias
  11. mythopoeic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mythopeic (page history and authors); mythopoeic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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