mythicise

mythicise
verb
1. interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology
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mythicize the ancient stories

Syn: ↑mythicize
Hypernyms: ↑interpret, ↑construe, ↑see
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. make into a myth
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The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66

Syn: ↑mythologize, ↑mythologise, ↑mythicize
Ant: ↑demythologize (for: ↑mythologize)
Derivationally related forms: ↑mythologisation (for: ↑mythologise), ↑mythologization (for: ↑mythologize), ↑mythology (for: ↑mythologize), ↑myth (for: ↑mythologize)
Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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mythˈicize or mythˈicise /-i-siz/ transitive verb
1. To make the subject of myth
2. To explain as myth
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Main Entry:myth

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  • mythicise — (Brit.) v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mythicise — /ˈmɪθəsaɪz/ (say mithuhsuyz) verb (t) (mythicised, mythicising) to turn into, or treat or explain as, a myth. Also, mythicize …  

  • mythicised — mythicise (Brit.) v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mythicises — mythicise (Brit.) v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mythicising — mythicise (Brit.) v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mythicize — mythicization, n. mythicizer, n. /mith euh suyz /, v.t., mythicized, mythicizing. to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth. Also, esp. Brit., mythicise. [1830 40; MYTHIC + IZE] * * * …   Universalium

  • mythicize — (Amer.) mɪθɪsaɪz v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mythicized — mythicize (Amer.) mɪθɪsaɪz v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mythicizes — mythicize (Amer.) mɪθɪsaɪz v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mythicizing — mythicize (Amer.) mɪθɪsaɪz v. create a myth; classify a myth; narrate a myth; interpret as a myth (also mythicise) …   English contemporary dictionary

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