mythicize

verb

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myth·i·cize | \ ˈmi-thə-ˌsīz

mythicized; mythicizing

Definition of mythicize

transitive verb

1 : to turn into or envelop in myth

2 : to treat as myth

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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

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