mythologize

[ mi-thol-uh-jahyz ]

verb (used without object),my·thol·o·gized, my·thol·o·giz·ing.
  1. to classify, explain, or write about myths.

  2. to construct or narrate myths.

verb (used with object),my·thol·o·gized, my·thol·o·giz·ing.
  1. to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical.

Origin of mythologize

1
1595–1605; mytholog(y) + -ize; compare French mythologiser
  • Also especially British, my·thol·o·gise .

Other words from mythologize

  • my·thol·o·gi·za·tion, noun
  • my·thol·o·giz·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for mythologize

mythologize

mythologise

/ (mɪˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz) /


verb
  1. to tell, study, or explain (myths)

  2. (intr) to create or make up myths

  1. (tr) to convert into a myth

Derived forms of mythologize

  • mythologization or mythologisation, noun
  • mythologer, mythologizer or mythologiser, noun

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