mythopoeia

UK: /ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːə/ US: (mith′ə pē′ə)

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myth•o•poe•ia  (mith′ə pē′ə), n. 

1. a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.

• Greek mȳthopoiía making of fables, invention, equivalent. to mȳtho- mytho- + -poiia (poi(eîn) to make + -ia noun, nominal suffix)
• Late Latin
• 1955–60

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mythopoeia / ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːə/, mythopoesis / ˌmɪθəpəʊˈiːsɪs/ noun

1. the composition or making of myths

Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek, from muthopoiein, from muthos myth + poiein to make