"mythologize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/ [UK] Forms: mythologizes [present, singular, third-person], mythologizing [participle, present], mythologized [participle, past], mythologized [past]
Etymology: From mythology + -ize, after Middle French mythologiser. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mythology|ize}} mythology + -ize, {{uder|en|frm|mythologiser}} Middle French mythologiser Head templates: {{en-verb}} mythologize (third-person singular simple present mythologizes, present participle mythologizing, simple past and past participle mythologized)
  1. (transitive, now rare) To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-mythologize-en-verb-W0y5XgoB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 25 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 16 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 48 23 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 19 27
  2. (intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-mythologize-en-verb-djhilQdJ Disambiguation of Mythology: 19 62 19
  3. (transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. Tags: transitive Translations (Translations): mitologitzar (Catalan), mythologiser (French), мифологизи́ровать (mifologizírovatʹ) (Russian), mitologizar (Spanish), mytologisera (Swedish), міфологізува́ти (mifolohizuváty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mythologize-en-verb-whIyqu7O Disambiguation of 'Translations': 34 23 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: legendrize Related terms: demythologize

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