to mythologize
3
7.7
- verb
- /mɪˈθɑlədʒaɪz/
:
mitologizar
- As time passed, the events of the battle were mythologized, making the soldiers seem invincible.
- become mythologized
OK, so those three things were compiled into one mythologized origin story.
- OK, so those three things were compiled into one mythologized origin story.
- I think you can over worship and mythologize the idea of working extremely hard for my particular makeup.
- And what Jackie wants is a mythologized version of her husband, not just his administration, but of their marriage.
- I think, you know, you can over worship and mythologize the idea of working extremely hard for my particular makeup.
Examples
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Indeed, across various sports, many superstitious practices have become so mythologized by players that their subsequent motivational efficacy leads to their ultimate legitimization.
Academic text (1990) -
The story of why and how you left Apple, which is quickly becoming mythologized, isn't true.
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But maybe it's because we mythologize what he might have done.
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But I think I think politicians have to self mythologize and then they do and then it's a problem.
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And what Jackie wants is a mythologized version of her husband, not just his administration, but of their marriage.
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OK, so those three things were compiled into one mythologized origin story.
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What provokes this tendency to mythologize?
Academic text (1995) -
Really, the most obvious thing was trying to approach a man's life that has been mythologized.
Blog text (15) -
We have mythologized it.
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Even history has been mythologized to conform; the past has been refashioned to subvert present goals.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
258
3.1
To say something is larger, better, or worse than it really is
47
4.2
To make something seem more important or bigger than it really is
23
6.7
Make something seem more attractive and ideal than it really is
14
5.8
To think someone or something is more perfect than they really are
12
5.8
To make someone or something look more attractive and exciting than they really are
1
5.1
Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is
1
6.3
Make something seem more attractive than it really is
1
7.9
To make something seem much bigger or more important than it really is
To make someone or something seem larger and more special than they really were
To make someone seem like a hero by praising them too much
To make someone seem like a god or without faults
To make someone seem very brave and admired
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
9.9
To remove myth and magic from stories and texts to show their real history
How Mythical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mythologize comes from an old Greek word myth- ('story') and the ending -ize ('to make'). It's like the words myth and mythology, and it means to turn a person or event into a legend or make it seem greater than it was.