mythologize

== English == === Etymology === From mythology +‎ -ize, after Middle French mythologiser. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/ === Verb === mythologize (third-person singular simple present mythologizes, present participle mythologizing, simple past and past participle mythologized) (transitive, now rare) To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. [from 17th c.] (intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology. [from 17th c.] (transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. [from 19th c.] ==== Hyponyms ==== legendrize ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== demythologize ==== Translations ====