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mythologization

mythologization noun: the act or process of mythologizing.

Noun

mythologization (countable and uncountable, plural mythologizations)

  1. The act or process of mythologizing.
    • But that doesn’t mean that the series is bad, just peculiar, a solemn mythologization — and mystification — of surfing as unearthly pleasure and life-sapping addiction.2007 June 8, Alessandra Stanley, “Something’s Up, and It’s Not the Surf”, in New York Times

Forms of mythologization

pluralmythologizations

Origin of mythologization

From mythologize + -ation.

Words formed from mythologization

Questions about mythologization

What does mythologization mean?
Mythologization means the act or process of mythologizing.
What part of speech is mythologization?
Mythologization is a noun.
What is the plural of mythologization?
The plural of mythologization is mythologizations.

Words near mythologization in the dictionary

  1. mythologises
  2. mythologising
  3. mythologist
  4. mythologists
  5. mythologizable
  6. mythologization
  7. mythologizations
  8. mythologize
  9. mythologized
  10. mythologizer
  11. mythologizers

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