mythologization

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noun

The act or process of mythologizing.

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Meanings

nounmythologization (countable and uncountable, plural mythologizations)

plural mythologizations

  1. countableuncountableThe act or process of mythologizing.

    But that doesn’t mean that the series is bad, just peculiar, a solemn mythologization — and mystification — of surfing as unearthly pleasure and life-sapping addiction.

    2007 June 8, Alessandra Stanley, “Something’s Up, and It’s Not the Surf”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe restatement of a message as a myth

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From mythologize + -ation.

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APA

mythologization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythologization

MLA

“mythologization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythologization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mythologization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mythologization.

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