mythicize

mythicize
mythicization, n.mythicizer, n.
/mith"euh suyz'/, v.t., mythicized, mythicizing.
to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
Also, esp. Brit., mythicise.
[1830-40; MYTHIC + -IZE]

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