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mythologize

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my⋅thol⋅o⋅gize

  [mi-thol-uh-jahyz] verb, -gized, -giz⋅ing.
Use mythologize in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to classify, explain, or write about myths.
2. to construct or narrate myths.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical.
Also, especially British, my⋅thol⋅o⋅gise.

Origin:
1595–1605; mytholog(y) + -ize; cf. F mythologiser

Related forms:
my⋅thol⋅o⋅gi⋅za⋅tion, noun
my⋅thol⋅o⋅giz⋅er, noun
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my·thol·o·gize   (mĭ-thŏl'ə-jīz')   
v.   my·thol·o·gized, my·thol·o·giz·ing, my·thol·o·giz·es

v.   tr.
To convert into myth; mythicize.
v.   intr.

  1. To construct or relate a myth.

  2. To interpret or write about myths or mythology.

my·thol'o·giz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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