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

Examples of mythicize in a Sentence

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

Word History

Etymology

mythic + -ize

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mythicize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies