mythologize

[ mi-thol-uh-jahyz ]

/ mɪˈθɒl əˌdʒaɪz /

verb (used without object), my·thol·o·gized, my·thol·o·giz·ing.

to classify, explain, or write about myths.

to construct or narrate myths.

verb (used with object), my·thol·o·gized, my·thol·o·giz·ing.

to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical.

Also especially British, my·thol·o·gise .

Origin of mythologize

1595–1605; mytholog(y) + -ize; compare French mythologiser

OTHER WORDS FROM mythologize

my·thol·o·gi·za·tion, nounmy·thol·o·giz·er, noun

Words nearby mythologize

mythoi, mythol., mythologem, mythological, mythologist, mythologize, mythology, mythomane, mythomania, mythopoeia, mythopoeic

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Example sentences from the Web for mythologize

He began to mythologize about it on account of the grand elements of welfare, risk, and skill which were in it.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
They always reveal the invincible tendency of the masses to mythologize.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
No progress of science can wholly eradicate this tendency to mythologize.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals|Edmund P. Evans
If, since we are discussing a metaphysical issue,431 we must mythologize, we might call it the "will to self-expression."
Creative Intelligence|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen

British Dictionary definitions for mythologize

mythologize

mythologise

/ (mɪˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz) /

verb

to tell, study, or explain (myths)

(intr) to create or make up myths

(tr) to convert into a myth

Derived forms of mythologize

mythologization or mythologisation, nounmythologer, mythologizer or mythologiser, noun

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单词	mythologize
释义	mythologize [ mi-thol-uh-jahyz ] / mɪˈθɒl əˌdʒaɪz / verb (used without object), my·thol·o·gized, my·thol·o·giz·ing. to classify, explain, or write about myths. to construct or narrate myths. verb (used with object), my·thol·o·gized, my·thol·o·giz·ing. to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical. Also especially British, my·thol·o·gise . Origin of mythologize 1595–1605; mytholog(y) + -ize; compare French mythologiser OTHER WORDS FROM mythologize my·thol·o·gi·za·tion, nounmy·thol·o·giz·er, noun Words nearby mythologize mythoi, mythol., mythologem, mythological, mythologist, mythologize, mythology, mythomane, mythomania, mythopoeia, mythopoeic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mythologize He began to mythologize about it on account of the grand elements of welfare, risk, and skill which were in it. Folkways\|William Graham Sumner They always reveal the invincible tendency of the masses to mythologize. Folkways\|William Graham Sumner No progress of science can wholly eradicate this tendency to mythologize. The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals\|Edmund P. Evans If, since we are discussing a metaphysical issue,431 we must mythologize, we might call it the "will to self-expression." Creative Intelligence\|John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen British Dictionary definitions for mythologize mythologize mythologise / (mɪˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz) / verb to tell, study, or explain (myths) (intr) to create or make up myths (tr) to convert into a myth Derived forms of mythologize mythologization or mythologisation, nounmythologer, mythologizer or mythologiser, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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