mythicize

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[mith-uh-sahyz]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

mythicized, mythicizing

to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.

mythicize

/ ˈ��ɪθɪˌ��ɪ�� /

verb

(tr) to make into or treat as a myth

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Other Word Forms

mythicization noun
mythicizer noun
demythicization noun
demythicize verb (used with object)
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ˌ��ٳ󾱳��ˈ��پ��ǲ� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mythicize¹

1830–40; mythic ( def. ) + -ize

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Example Sentences

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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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mythical mythify

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