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MYTHOLOGIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make into a myth

Example:

The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66

Synonyms:

mythicise; mythicize; mythologise; mythologize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "mythologize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

demythologize (remove the mythical element from (writings))

Derivation:

myth (a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people)

mythologization (the restatement of a message as a myth)

mythology (the study of myths)

mythology (myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Construct a myth

Example:

The poet mythologized that the King had three sons

Synonyms:

mythologise; mythologize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "mythologize" is one way to...):

cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (concoct something artificial or untrue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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