verb
- past tense and past participle of mythicise; to transform into or treat as a myth; to give mythical status or character to something
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: mythicized); often used in literary, cultural, or historical contexts
Examples
- The ancient hero was mythicised over centuries until his true history became obscured.
- Popular culture has mythicised the Wild West far beyond historical reality.
- Scholars argued that the founding figures had been mythicised by nationalist propaganda.
- The director mythicised the ordinary events of the protagonist's life into an epic narrative.
- Historical accounts were mythicised through repeated retellings and embellishment.