mythologize
verb
my·thol·o·gize
mi-ˈthä-lə-ˌjīz 
mythologized; mythologizing
1
obsolete
: to explain the mythological significance of
2
: to build a myth around : mythicize
mythologizer
noun
Examples of mythologize in a Sentence
a politician who has been mythologized by his supporters
Recent Examples on the Web
Like many Nazi symbols, Heck’s logo was based not on ancient runes (as often mythologized by Hitler) but on a pseudo-rune created by Austrian occultist Guido von List in the early 20th century.
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Oscar Holland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Metal cards were first mythologized by the invitation-only American Express Centurion Card, aka the Black Card, which reportedly boasts a $5,000 annual fee and a $10,000 initiation fee.
—Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
Kahlo makes for an absorbing narrative, but just as fascinating is the social and political context that produced her — including complex racial politics that mythologized Indigeneity while also subsuming it to a broader mestizo culture.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Most venture capital firms mythologize the Zucks and Musks of the world.
—Tom Chavez, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Growing up in this very homogenized place, I was being fed stories on television and through music that were trying to mythologize the suburbs into something romantic and beautiful and strange and sometimes creepy.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
The Hollywood western, of course, mythologized this country’s deserts and prairies as dramatic vistas against which such filmmakers as John Ford, Howard Hawks and Sam Peckinpah could foreground their rugged characters.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Americans similarly mythologized events like the first Thanksgiving, the arrival of the Pilgrims and the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
In the ’70s, musicians who belonged to the genre began mythologizing the cartels that were quickly gaining influence across Mexico, said Rafael Acosta Morales, a professor of Latin American literature and culture at the University of Kansas.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
Oscar Holland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Metal cards were first mythologized by the invitation-only American Express Centurion Card, aka the Black Card, which reportedly boasts a $5,000 annual fee and a $10,000 initiation fee.
—Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
Kahlo makes for an absorbing narrative, but just as fascinating is the social and political context that produced her — including complex racial politics that mythologized Indigeneity while also subsuming it to a broader mestizo culture.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Most venture capital firms mythologize the Zucks and Musks of the world.
—Tom Chavez, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Growing up in this very homogenized place, I was being fed stories on television and through music that were trying to mythologize the suburbs into something romantic and beautiful and strange and sometimes creepy.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
The Hollywood western, of course, mythologized this country’s deserts and prairies as dramatic vistas against which such filmmakers as John Ford, Howard Hawks and Sam Peckinpah could foreground their rugged characters.
—Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Americans similarly mythologized events like the first Thanksgiving, the arrival of the Pilgrims and the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
In the ’70s, musicians who belonged to the genre began mythologizing the cartels that were quickly gaining influence across Mexico, said Rafael Acosta Morales, a professor of Latin American literature and culture at the University of Kansas.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
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“Mythologize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mythologize. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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