mythologize
to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical.
Origin of mythologize
1- Also especially British, my·thol·o·gise .
Other words from mythologize
- my·thol·o·gi·za·tion, noun
- my·thol·o·giz·er, noun
Words Nearby mythologize
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How to use mythologize in a sentence
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.
How mythology could help demystify dog domestication | Elyse DeFranco | September 7, 2022 | Science NewsYet, 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.
’1776’ — not ‘Hamilton’ — is the musical that best portrays the Founders | Zachary Clary | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostHe began to mythologize about it on account of the grand elements of welfare, risk, and skill which were in it.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerPerhaps; but, as in the days of Plato, we must needs mythologize when we come to deal with the other life.
Tragic Sense Of Life | Miguel de UnamunoNo progress of science can wholly eradicate this tendency to mythologize.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals | Edmund P. Evans
They always reveal the invincible tendency of the masses to mythologize.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerIf, since we are discussing a metaphysical issue,431 we must mythologize, we might call it the "will to self-expression."
Creative Intelligence | John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
British Dictionary definitions for mythologize
mythologise
/ (mɪˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz) /
to tell, study, or explain (myths)
(intr) to create or make up myths
(tr) to convert into a myth
Derived forms of mythologize
- mythologization or mythologisation, noun
- mythologer, mythologizer or mythologiser, noun
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