mythicize
verb
myth·i·cize ˈmi-thə-ˌsīz 
mythicized; mythicizing
transitive verb
1
: to turn into or envelop in myth
2
: to treat as myth
mythicizer noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web No, that means understanding and letting yourself be inspired by that work without mythicizing it. 
New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020 Karl Zschaetzsch, Edmund Kiss and Albert Herrmann—found in Atlantis the roots of the Aryans later mythicized by Hitler. James Romm, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2018
New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020 Karl Zschaetzsch, Edmund Kiss and Albert Herrmann—found in Atlantis the roots of the Aryans later mythicized by Hitler. James Romm, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2018 Word History
Etymology
mythic + -ize
First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- cock a snook (at)
- cock a snook at
- cock ale
- cock bead
- cock feather
- cock of the rock
- cock of the walk
- cock of the wood
- cock penny
- cock robin
- cock snapper
- cock snooks
- cock sparrow
- cock's egg
- cock's-eggs
- cock-a-doo
- cock-a-doodle
- cock-a-doodle-do
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- cock-a-hoop
- cock-a-leekie
- cock-a-whoop
- cock-and-bull story
- cock-and-hen
- cock-beaded