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mythologize

[ mi-thol-uh-jahyz ]

verb (used without object)

mythologized, mythologizing.
  1. to classify, explain, or write about myths.
  2. to construct or narrate myths.


verb (used with object)

mythologized, mythologizing.
  1. to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical.

mythologize

/ ɪˈθɒəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to tell, study, or explain (myths)
  2. intr to create or make up myths
  3. tr to convert into a myth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٳDZDz, noun
  • ˌٳDZDzˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ٳDZo··tDz noun
  • ·ٳDZo·e noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mythologize1

1595–1605; mytholog(y) + -ize; compare French mythologiser
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Example Sentences

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Aeschylus’ “Oresteia” concludes with “Eumenides,” depicting the establishment of the Areopagus court to replace cycles of vengeance, thus mythologizing the roots of jury trials.

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The more Macdonald resists mythologizing or summing up, the more John Lennon and Yoko Ono emerge as fragile, complex individuals on a journey together during uncertain times.

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The iconic director has been the subject of a few documentaries in the past, but in those, Miyazaki always remained guarded, never really letting the viewer understand the man we have so endlessly mythologized.

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She’s the one who witnesses most intimately how Bob evolves from a kid mythologizing his own life into a superstar mythologized by fans and the press.

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Alpha Male, sometimes tearing up when he recounts his many grievances, mythologizes Trump, a leader who survived an assassin’s bullet, an army of prosecutors, 34 felony counts and endless scandal.

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