poiesis

P3O1I1E1S1I1S1

noun

An act or process of creation.

OriginAncient Greek ποίησις →
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Meanings

nounpoiesis (countable and uncountable, plural poieses)

plural poieses

  1. countableuncountableAn act or process of creation.

    Metanoia is the knowledge that there can be totalities in this world totally different from what we thought. This is the sense in which metanoia is the most radical form of poiesis.

    2017, Armen Avanessian, Anke Hennig, Metanoia: A Speculative Ontology of Language, Thinking, and the Brain, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 162

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekποίησις
  2. Englishpoiesis

From Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). Doublet of poesy.

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Translations

Italian poiesi
  • poiesiact or process of creation
Portuguese poiese
  • poieseact or process of creation
Cite this entry
APA

poiesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poiesis

MLA

“poiesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poiesis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poiesis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poiesis.

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