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Definition of Mythicize
1. Verb. Interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology. "Mythicize the ancient stories"
2. Verb. Make into a myth. "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Mythologisation, Myth, Mythologization, Mythology, Mythology
Antonyms: Demythologize
Definition of Mythicize
1. Verb. To make something into a myth ¹
2. Verb. To interpret something in terms of mythology ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mythicize
1. [v -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mythicize
Literary usage of Mythicize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"... more consequence to posterity than dead actions passed and gone—to mythicize
him into a political saint, canonized by throbbing wishes for themselves, ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1850)
"Is there any tendency in the age to mythicize, or to suppress, the literal meaning
of Scripture history ? Is there any disposition to solve that bold ..."
3. Observations on the Attempted Application of Pantheistic Principles to the by William Hodge Mill (1861)
"... springing from a mere desire to confuse and mythicize the region of Evangelical
history. L Since of the four brethren enumerated by the men of Nazareth, ..."
4. Scripture Difficulties: Sermons Preached Before the University of Cambridge by i.e. Benjamin Morgan Cowie (1855)
"... but those who unfortunately err from the simplicity of the truth, have tried
to explain away, to mythicize, to diminish the witness for Christianity, ..."
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