mythicize

[ mith-uh-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, myth·i·cized, myth·i·ciz·ing.

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

mythicize

/ ˈmɪθɪˌsaɪz /

verb

1. tr to make into or treat as a myth

Derived Forms

• ˈmythicist, noun
• ˌmythiciˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• mythi·ci·zation noun
• mythi·cizer noun
• de·mythi·ci·zation noun
• de·mythi·cize verb (used with object) demythicized demythicizing

Word History and Origins

Origin of mythicize¹

1830–40; mythic ( def ) + -ize

Example Sentences

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.”

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg