noun
- plural of mythicization; the process or result of transforming something into myth or treating it as mythical
Usage: formal; academic
Examples
- The mythicizations of historical figures often obscure the truth about their actual lives.
- Scholars study the mythicizations of ancient heroes to understand how cultures reshape their past.
- The film's mythicizations of the frontier era created a romanticized version of history.
- Literary critics examine the mythicizations present in contemporary fiction.
- These mythicizations have become so embedded in popular culture that few question their accuracy.