Explore Mythologize through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like modify or alter. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mythologize meaning
- To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
- To construct a myth or mythology.
- To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.
Synonyms of Mythologize
Using Mythologize
- The main meaning on this page is: To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. | To construct a myth or mythology. | To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.
- Useful related words include: mythologise, modify, alter, change.
- In the example corpus, mythologize often appears in combinations such as: to mythologize, mythologize the.
Context around Mythologize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mythologize
- In this selection, "mythologize" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, policing stand out and add context to how "mythologize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chileans to mythologize them as and like to mythologize our western. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mythologize" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mythologize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yeats later sought to mythologize the collective, calling it the "Tragic Generation" in his autobiography, Alford, Norman. (17 words)
And the best way to mythologize policing is to invest in things symbolically like Cop City, where you’re saying, “Look what we’re doing. (25 words)
When the cause of a disease is poorly understood, societies tend to mythologize the disease or use it as a metaphor or symbol of whatever that culture considers evil. (29 words)
We like to mythologize our Western outlaws and their catchy nicknames, which often include the designation of “Kid” (Billy the Kid, the Sundance Kid or, if you’re a fan of John Ford’s “Stagecoach,” the Ringo Kid). (38 words)
The Araucanians' valor inspired the Chileans to mythologize them as the nation's first national heroes, a status that did nothing, however, to elevate the wretched living standard of their descendants. (31 words)
When the cause of a disease is poorly understood, societies tend to mythologize the disease or use it as a metaphor or symbol of whatever that culture considers evil. (29 words)
Example sentences (5)
And the best way to mythologize policing is to invest in things symbolically like Cop City, where you’re saying, “Look what we’re doing.
We like to mythologize our Western outlaws and their catchy nicknames, which often include the designation of “Kid” (Billy the Kid, the Sundance Kid or, if you’re a fan of John Ford’s “Stagecoach,” the Ringo Kid).
The Araucanians' valor inspired the Chileans to mythologize them as the nation's first national heroes, a status that did nothing, however, to elevate the wretched living standard of their descendants.
When the cause of a disease is poorly understood, societies tend to mythologize the disease or use it as a metaphor or symbol of whatever that culture considers evil.
Yeats later sought to mythologize the collective, calling it the "Tragic Generation" in his autobiography, Alford, Norman.
Common combinations with mythologize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to mythologize 5×
- mythologize the 2×