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mythicize

[ mith-uh-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

mythicized, mythicizing.
  1. to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.


mythicize

/ ˈɪθɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to make into or treat as 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

  • ˈٳ󾱳, noun
  • ˌٳ󾱳ˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٳi··tDz noun
  • ٳi·e noun
  • de·ٳi··tDz noun
  • ·ٳi· verb (used with object) demythicized demythicizing
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mythicize1

1830–40; mythic ( def ) + -ize
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

As the writer James Surowiecki put it, NFL Films “tried to simultaneously convey the gritty reality of the game and mythicize it in a Homeric fashion.”

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We have here no mythicized version of a real journey but a voyage of the imagination.

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