-poiesis

a combining form meaning “making, formation,” used in the formation of compound words.
hematopoiesis.

-poiesis

combining form

indicating the act of making or producing something specified
haematopoiesis

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Other Word Forms

-poietic combining form

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -poiesis¹

< Greek -��Ǿ�ŧ��; poesy, -sis

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -poiesis¹

from Greek, from ��Ǿ�ŧ�� a making; see _poesy

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Example Sentences

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The word “poetry” derives from the Greek poiesis, which doesn’t refer to the writing of verse; it just means “making,” in general.

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Presumably, Shakespeare’s play and Dostoevsky’s novel function as modern equivalents to Sophocles’s “Oedipus the King” and Homer’s epics, the ancient works that Aristotle drew upon in formulating his influential views about poiesis, the art of making.

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We forget that poiesis and metaphor provides children with the skill to use rational thinking in outside-the-box ways.

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Techné belongs to bringing-forth, to poiésis; it is something poietic.

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The one is a thing grown, the other a thing made; the one a praxis, the other a poiesis: the one the offspring of tendency and indeterminate time, the other of choice and of an epoch.

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When To Use

�� does -poiesis mean?

The combining form -poiesis is used like a suffix meaning “making, formation.” It is often used in scientific terms, especially in biology.The form -poiesis comes from Greek -��Ǿ�ŧ��, meaning “a making” or "creation," from the verb ��Ǿ��î��, “to make.” Another descendant of ��Ǿ��î�� is the English word poet. To learn more, check out our entry about poet.�� are variants of -poiesis?The form -poiesis doesn't have any variants. However, it is related to the form -poietic, which is used to form adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -poiesis. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use article about -poietic.

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