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mythicize
mythicize [ míthi sīz ] (3rd person present singular mythicizes, present participle mythicizing, past and past participle mythicized) or mythicise [ míthi sīz ] (3rd person present singular mythicises, present participle mythicising, past and past participle mythicised)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make something into myth: to make somebody or something into a myth
2. treat something as myth: to regard or explain an event or person as a myth

mythicization [ míthi sī záysh'n ] noun
mythicizer [ míthi sīzər ] noun
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