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mythologize

  • /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/ UK

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From mythology + -ize, after Middle French mythologiser.

verb mythologizes · mythologizing · mythologized

  1. archaic, transitive To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. Most of Æsopes fables have divers senses, and severall interpretations: Those which Mythologize them, chuse some kinde of colour well-suting with the fable; but for the most part, it is no more than the first and superficiall glosse[…].
  2. intransitive To construct a myth or mythology.
  3. transitive To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.

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Españolmitologizar
Françaismythologiser
Русскиймифологизи́ровать mifologizírovatʹ

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@misc{mythologize_2026,
  title = {mythologize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mythologize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}