mythicize

especially British, myth·i·cise

[mith-uh-sahyz]

verb (used with object)

mythicized, mythicizing 

1. to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.

mythicize

/ ˈmɪθɪˌsaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to make into or treat as a myth

Other Word Forms

• mythicization noun
• mythicizer noun
• demythicization noun
• demythicize verb (used with object)
• mythicist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mythicize¹

1830–40; mythic ( def. ) + -ize

Example Sentences

As the writer James Surowiecki put it, NFL Films “tried to simultaneously convey the gritty reality of the game and mythicize it in a Homeric fashion.”

From New York Times

We have here no mythicized version of a real journey but a voyage of the imagination.

From Project Gutenberg