mythicizev.

Brit.

/ˈmɪθᵻsʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈmɪθəˌsaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– mythicise, 1800s– mythicize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mythic adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < mythic adj. + -ize suffix. Compare mythicism n., mythicizer n., and mythicizing n.

1. transitive. To turn into myth, to make into the subject of a myth or myths. In early use: to interpret (accounts of miracles or supernatural events) as myths (cf. mythicism n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > convert into or construct myth [verb (transitive)]

mythicize1840

mythologize1847

mythify1873

remythologize1954

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > convert into or construct myth [verb (transitive)] > interpret in mythological terms

mythologize1603

mythicize1840

mythize1851

1840 W. H. Mill Observ. Gospel i. 58 Christ's death..his resurrection..are so mythicized as to drop the substance, making them ‘no individual, but a divine and eternal history’.

1863 Sat. Rev. 199 An English Bunsen or Strauss..may mythicize or transcendentalize either the Old Testament or the New.

1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter 323 The storm-wind (mythicized sometimes as the cherub).

1974 R. Helms Tolkien's World iv. 81 Blake mythicizes that aspect of man's make up with a group of twelve lost creatures called the Sons of Albion.

1984 D. Cupitt Sea of Faith iv. 94 It was understandable that the figure of Jesus had been mythicised by the religious imagination of the early Christians in order to express their beliefs about him.

1997 Daily Tel. 9 May 24/6 Martin Scorsese used rock soundtracks in his Mafia pictures to poignant effect. But he was mythicising the Mob.

2. intransitive. To create myths.

ΚΠ

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 June c19 It isn't every artist who can ‘mythicize’ in an unbelieving age.

1987 V. Gornick Fierce Attachments (1988) 56 The point of my romances was precisely that life is tragic... I had started to mythicize.

1998 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Dec. 1 Gary Ross tackles head-on television's tendency to fantasise, to mythicise and generally to flout reality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mythicize
释义	mythicizev. Brit. /ˈmɪθᵻsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɪθəˌsaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– mythicise, 1800s– mythicize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mythic adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < mythic adj. + -ize suffix. Compare mythicism n., mythicizer n., and mythicizing n. 1. transitive. To turn into myth, to make into the subject of a myth or myths. In early use: to interpret (accounts of miracles or supernatural events) as myths (cf. mythicism n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > convert into or construct myth [verb (transitive)] mythicize1840 mythologize1847 mythify1873 remythologize1954 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > mythology > convert into or construct myth [verb (transitive)] > interpret in mythological terms mythologize1603 mythicize1840 mythize1851 1840 W. H. Mill Observ. Gospel i. 58 Christ's death..his resurrection..are so mythicized as to drop the substance, making them ‘no individual, but a divine and eternal history’. 1863 Sat. Rev. 199 An English Bunsen or Strauss..may mythicize or transcendentalize either the Old Testament or the New. 1891 T. K. Cheyne Origin & Relig. Contents Psalter 323 The storm-wind (mythicized sometimes as the cherub). 1974 R. Helms Tolkien's World iv. 81 Blake mythicizes that aspect of man's make up with a group of twelve lost creatures called the Sons of Albion. 1984 D. Cupitt Sea of Faith iv. 94 It was understandable that the figure of Jesus had been mythicised by the religious imagination of the early Christians in order to express their beliefs about him. 1997 Daily Tel. 9 May 24/6 Martin Scorsese used rock soundtracks in his Mafia pictures to poignant effect. But he was mythicising the Mob. 2. intransitive. To create myths. ΚΠ 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 June c19 It isn't every artist who can ‘mythicize’ in an unbelieving age. 1987 V. Gornick Fierce Attachments (1988) 56 The point of my romances was precisely that life is tragic... I had started to mythicize. 1998 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Dec. 1 Gary Ross tackles head-on television's tendency to fantasise, to mythicise and generally to flout reality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1840
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