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 | ||