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MYTHICIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mythicize ... he / she / it mythicizes
Past simple: mythicized
Past participle: mythicized
-ing form: mythicizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make into a myth
Example:
The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66
Synonyms:
mythicise; mythicize; mythologise; mythologize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "mythicize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology
Example:
mythicize the ancient stories
Synonyms:
mythicise; mythicize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "mythicize" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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