mythologize

mythologize
mythologization, n.mythologizer, n.
/mi thol"euh juyz'/, v., mythologized, mythologizing.
v.i.
1. to classify, explain, or write about myths.
2. to construct or narrate myths.
v.t.
3. to make into or explain as a myth; make mythical.
Also, esp. Brit., mythologise.
[1595-1605; MYTHOLOG(Y) + -IZE; cf. F mythologiser]

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