mythologize
UK/mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/
mythologize verb: to interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
Verb
mythologize (third-person singular simple present mythologizes, present participle mythologizing, simple past and past participle mythologized)
- To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
- Most of Æsopes fables have divers senses, and severall interpretations: Those which Mythologize them, chuse some kinde of colour well-suting with the fable; but for the most part, it is no more than the first and superficiall glosse[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- To construct a myth or mythology.
- To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.
Forms of mythologize
| third-person singular present | mythologizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | mythologizing |
| past participle | mythologized |
| past | mythologized |
Origin of mythologize
From mythology + -ize, after Middle French mythologiser.
Words formed from mythologize
Questions about mythologize
- What does mythologize mean?
- Mythologize means to interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
- What part of speech is mythologize?
- Mythologize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce mythologize?
- Mythologize is pronounced /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of mythologize?
- The past tense of mythologize is mythologized.
Words near mythologize in the dictionary
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