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mythmaker

American  
[mith-may-ker] / ˈmɪθˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a creator of myths.


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Etymology

Origin of mythmaker

First recorded in 1870–75; myth + maker


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Most famously, Wagner was a mythmaker who remains relevant for our time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2020

While “Jackie,” Hollywood’s latest leap into Kennedy lore, portrays the former first lady as Camelot’s ultimate mythmaker, two recent books place focus on JFK’s own concern with his image.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2017

So long as Lucas was the chief mythmaker and commercial guardian of “Star Wars,” he never had that luxury.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016

It turned out I’d been a believer, and a mythmaker, all along.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014

The next thing that came in the world—the next man—was the mythmaker.

From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest by Robert Green Ingersoll

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