"mythologize" meaning in English

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Verb

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 Translations (Translations): mitologitzar (Catalan), mythologiser (French), мифологизи́ровать (mifologizírovatʹ) (Russian), mitologizar (Spanish), mytologisera (Swedish), міфологізува́ти (mifolohizuváty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-mythologize-en-verb-W0y5XgoB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 31 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 51 25 24 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 60 22 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 23 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 70 14 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 69 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 72 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 71 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 70 14 17 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 45 30 25
  2. (intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mythology
    Sense id: en-mythologize-en-verb-djhilQdJ Disambiguation of Mythology: 18 64 18
  3. (transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mythologize-en-verb-whIyqu7O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: legendrize Related terms: demythologize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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