mythologize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
To construct a myth or mythology.
To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.

/mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/

mythologize mythologizes mythologizing mythologized

From mythology + -ize, after Middle French mythologiser.

demythologize

mythologizable mythologization mythologizer remythologize

Catalan: mitologitzar French: mythologiser Russian: мифологизи́ровать Spanish: mitologizar Swedish: mytologisera Ukrainian: міфологізува́ти

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