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mythologize
/ mɪˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz /
verb
- to tell, study, or explain (myths)
- intr to create or make up myths
- tr to convert into a myth
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Derived Forms
- myˈthologer, noun
- myˌthologiˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- my·tholo·gi·zation noun
- my·tholo·gizer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mythologize1
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Example Sentences
Our penchant for mythologizing canine companions may be just as ancient as our relationship with them, so d’Huy is turning to these stories in a bid to shed more light on the history of dog domestication.
Yet, for as pathbreaking as “Hamilton” was, it presents a fairly stodgy take on the Founders, one that mythologizes them and especially glosses over their relationship to slavery.
He began to mythologize about it on account of the grand elements of welfare, risk, and skill which were in it.
Perhaps; but, as in the days of Plato, we must needs mythologize when we come to deal with the other life.
No progress of science can wholly eradicate this tendency to mythologize.
They always reveal the invincible tendency of the masses to mythologize.
If, since we are discussing a metaphysical issue,431 we must mythologize, we might call it the "will to self-expression."
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