mythmaking

American  

[mith-mayk-ing] / ˈmɪθˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of creating myths.

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adjective

1. engaged or involved in creating myths.

Example Sentences

Ely, beloved for barroom poetry that punctured country music’s mythmaking, was a ready collaborator across genres.

From Los Angeles Times

How do you preserve its truth against decades of mythmaking?

From Los Angeles Times

This is in addition to the voluminous effort spanning six nights and 12 hours that reasserts, among many truths, Burns’ dedication to exhuming the rocky facts buried underneath convenient mythmaking.

From Salon

It’s a very specific tension that has made movies about female boxers in the 21st century — from “Girlfight” and “Million Dollar Baby” through last year’s “The Fire Inside” — so much more interesting as empowerment case studies than the male-centered ones, which still seem rooted in conventional mythmaking.

From Los Angeles Times

ENB: Let’s circle back to “Afro-esotericism,” which has to do with symbolism, spirituality and this legacy of mythmaking.

From Los Angeles Times