Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See mythologize, mythologizer.
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- verb Alternative spelling of
mythologize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make into a myth
- verb construct a myth
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Examples
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But it remains an oddly undramatic evening that, in strenuously seeking to mythologise Luke, undercuts his defiant humanity and simply makes him a rebel without a pause.
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TV nostalgists tend to mythologise Saturday night entertainment of yesteryear.
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We realise that we had best not mythologise our heroes until they have passed out of memory, into the unreality of history.
The Epic and the Past Hal Duncan 2008
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We realise that we had best not mythologise our heroes until they have passed out of memory, into the unreality of history.
Archive 2008-03-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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But to suggest no evidence that Abu Qatada represents a threat has ever been put forward, that his human rights have simply been ignored or dismissed by judges, and that the Lords ruling is motivated by racism against a wholly traduced, harmless man, is not only laughable - to drag human rights concern down to the level of smears, to demonise the courts and to mythologise Abu Qatada in this way is a disgrace.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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But to suggest no evidence that Abu Qatada represents a threat has ever been put forward, that his human rights have simply been ignored or dismissed by judges, and that the Lords ruling is motivated by racism against a wholly traduced, harmless man, is not only laughable - to drag human rights concern down to the level of smears, to demonise the courts and to mythologise Abu Qatada in this way is a disgrace.
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The aim of this course is to de-mythologise, de-mystify, and deconstruct the dominant policy, media, and academic discourses about terrorism.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The aim of this course is to de-mythologise, de-mystify, and deconstruct the dominant policy, media, and academic discourses about terrorism.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The Left used to mythologise ‘the workers’ in this way.
Archive 2008-06-01 David Hadley 2008
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The aim of this course is to de-mythologise, de-mystify, and deconstruct the dominant policy, media, and academic discourses about terrorism.
Terror in academia 2008
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