MYTHOLOGIZE

mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise

(verb) make into a myth; “The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66”

mythologize, mythologise

(verb) construct a myth; “The poet mythologized that the King had three sons”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

mythologize (third-person singular simple present mythologizes, present participle mythologizing, simple past and past participle mythologized)

(transitive, now rare) To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. [from 17th c.]

(intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology. [from 17th c.]

(transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. [from 19th c.]

Hyponyms

• legendrize

Source: Wiktionary


My*thol"o*gize, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. mythologiser.]

1. To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.

2. To construct and propagate myths.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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