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euhemerizing

euhemerizing is the present participle and gerund of euhemerize.

Meaning of euhemerize

Verb

euhemerize (third-person singular simple present euhemerizes, present participle euhemerizing, simple past and past participle euhemerized)

  1. (ambitransitive, derogatory) To invent a plausible but fanciful historical origin for something in order to rationalize mythology and legends.
    • Near-synonyms: demythologize (sometimes synonymous), undeify (synonymous when personages are the direct objects)
    Synonyms:
    demythologize, undeify[personage]]s are the direct objects>, rationalize
  2. (ambitransitive) To create mythology and legends from ancient historical figures and events.
    • Near-synonym: deify (synonymous when personages are the direct objects)
    Synonyms:
    mythologize, deify[personage]]s are the direct objects>

Questions about euhemerizing

What is euhemerizing the present participle and gerund of?
Euhemerizing is the present participle and gerund of euhemerize.

Words near euhemerizing in the dictionary

  1. euhemerization
  2. euhemerizations
  3. euhemerize
  4. euhemerized
  5. euhemerizes
  6. euhemerizing
  7. Euhemeros
  8. Euhemerus
  9. euhermaphrodite
  10. euhermaphrodites
  11. euhermaphroditic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: euhemerizing (page history and authors); euhemerize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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