English verb: mythologize | |||
1. | mythologize (creation) construct a myth | ||
Samples | The poet mythologized that the King had three sons. | ||
Synonyms | mythologise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture | ||
2. | mythologize (change) make into a myth | ||
Samples | The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66. | ||
Synonyms | mythicise, mythicize, mythologise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Antonyms | demythologise, demythologize | ||