mythologize
verb
my·thol·o·gize
mi-ˈthä-lə-ˌjīz 
mythologized; mythologizing
1
obsolete
: to explain the mythological significance of
2
: to build a myth around : mythicize
mythologizer
noun
Examples of mythologize in a Sentence
a politician who has been mythologized by his supporters
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His management of the state during the pandemic has been mythologized by conservatives, who often claim that his policies lured more right-leaning voters to the state in search of freedom.
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Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
By the time the work finally reached readers, the writer was a countercultural icon, and his past had been mythologized enough to give the story context.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
The Swiss fight for independence against the Austrian Hapsburgs is mythologized in director Nick Hamm’s throwback take on the eponymous folk hero.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
And those three figures are continuously mythologized and eulogized.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Sep. 2024
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Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
By the time the work finally reached readers, the writer was a countercultural icon, and his past had been mythologized enough to give the story context.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
The Swiss fight for independence against the Austrian Hapsburgs is mythologized in director Nick Hamm’s throwback take on the eponymous folk hero.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
And those three figures are continuously mythologized and eulogized.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Mythologize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mythologize. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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