See Also: mythologize(dictionary)

mythologize (iou)



mythologize verb. Also mythologise. E17.
[French mythologiser, formed as MYTHOLOGY: see -IZE.]
I. verb trans.
Interpret (a story or fable) with regard to mythological features; expound the symbolism of. E17-E18.
Represent or express mythologically. rare. L17.
Relate in a myth or myths; relate fictitiously. rare. M18.
Make mythical; convert into myth or mythology; make the subject of a myth, mythicize. M19.
W. McIlvanney They had mythologised his past and falsified his present.
II. verb intrans.
Relate a myth or myths; construct a mythology. E17.
mythologi'zation noun M20.
mythologizer noun M17.