verb
1. interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology
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mythicize the ancient stories
• Syn: ↑mythicize
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Somebody ——s something
2. make into a myth
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The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66
• Syn: ↑mythologize, ↑mythologise, ↑mythicize
• Ant: ↑demythologize (for: ↑mythologize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mythologisation (for: ↑mythologise), ↑mythologization (for: ↑mythologize), ↑mythology (for: ↑mythologize), ↑myth (for: ↑mythologize)
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Somebody ——s something
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mythˈicize or mythˈicise /-i-siz/ transitive verb
1. To make the subject of myth
2. To explain as myth
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Main Entry: ↑myth
Useful english dictionary. 2012.