Definition of Mythologize

1. Verb. Construct a myth. "The poet mythologized that the King had three sons"

Exact synonyms: Mythologise
Generic synonyms: Cook Up, Fabricate, Invent, Make Up, Manufacture

2. Verb. Make into a myth. "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"
Exact synonyms: Mythicise, Mythicize, Mythologise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Mythologisation, Myth, Mythologization, Mythology, Mythology
Antonyms: Demythologize

Definition of Mythologize

1. v. i. To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.

Definition of Mythologize

1. Verb. (context: transitive now rare) To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mythologize

1. [v -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mythologize

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mythologic
mythological
mythologically
mythologies
mythologisation
mythologise
mythologised
mythologises
mythologising
mythologist
mythologists
mythologizable
mythologization
mythologizations
mythologize (current term)
mythologized
mythologizer
mythologizers
mythologizes
mythologizing
mythologue
mythologues
mythology
mythomania
mythomaniac
mythomaniacal
mythomaniacs
mythomanias
mythopeic

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