mythmaking
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- noun
- /ˈmɪθˌmeɪkɪŋ/
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creación de mitos
- In this article, I examine the performative dimensions of historical narration as a form of modern mythmaking by reconsidering conventional narratives on the "origins" of Manhattan's grid street plan of 1811.
Examples
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My interest here is to look skeptically at the layers of historical mythmaking which Solstad wants to insert into post-war social democratic Norway as well as into its literature as a model of social intervention.
Academic text (2000) -
to be a small part of one of the oldest of human traditions, storytelling and mythmaking.
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Where and how do Indians fit into this mythmaking?
Academic text (2014) -
But we seem to have crossed a cultural line into mythmaking.
Blog text (31) -
By itself, mythmaking could never discover the origin and meaning of humanity.
Blog text (31) -
Rachel would never sink to mythmaking to justify her intentions.
Fiction book (1990) -
Viewing this tradition of scholarship on the origins of the Manhattan grid as a form of modern mythmaking does not imply that such accounts have no claim to historical truth.
Academic text (2011) -
Verne's mild sentimental plot, with its suppression of both sexuality and cultural conflict, mimics the censorship in nineteenth-century British mythmaking.
Academic text (1991) -
The author's new series explores the art of mythmaking in ancient cultures, highlighting how stories shape societal beliefs.
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In her lecture, she discussed the impact of mythmaking on national identity and how it influences public perception.
Synonyms
Making new myths for books or films
To make a story, person, or event seem like a legend
To make a person or place seem like a legend
Antonyms
To carefully check facts and sources to make sure the information is true and reliable
How Legendary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mythmaking joins myth, from Greek mythos meaning 'story', and making meaning 'creating', so it means 'making stories'. Think of it like a craft: someone who does mythmaking builds strong stories that shape what people believe, which is why the word means creating or promoting widely believed stories.