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  • noun Plural form of mythologizer.

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Examples

  • Later mythologizers would try to legitimize the family's regal pretensions by claiming descent from the Banquo of Shakespeare's "Macbeth"—which was nonsense, as Mr. Massie explains: The name "Stewart," as it was rendered before Mary Stuart adopted the French spelling, indicated the family's original status, as stewards of the royal revenues.

    Servants To Masters Allan Mallinson 2011

  • Maybe I'll Pitch Forever by Satchel Paige: Baseball's greatest pitcher was also one of its greatest storytellers and self-mythologizers.

    An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008

  • Although the mythologizers might disagree, a Reaganesque approach to social issues would be similarly nuanced.

    What Would Reagan Really Do? 2010

  • Today, Reagan's mythologizers cite these failures as evidence that a contemporary Reagan would focus solely on border security while opposing any pathways to citizenship.

    What Would Reagan Really Do? 2010

  • It is the liberal mythologizers of the 1988 election who have treated Horton as if his race, not his crimes, were the salient fact about him -- as if Americans thought he should have been kept in prison because he was black, not because he was a vicious and dangerous thug who had been duly convicted of a heinous felony.

    A Nut in Search of a Squirrel 2008

  • Novelist Natalie Danford comes from "a family of great mythologizers."

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Thanks for pointing out just how successful the mythologizers have been to date.

    Calling Carter on His Claims Erika D. 2006

  • When Time Inc. merged with Warner Bros. in 1989, the great mythologizers of the media merged with the mythmakers.

    Gerald Levin Grabs the Moment 2001

  • Bult - mann, Tillich, and other de-mythologizers of the New

    MYTH IN BIBLICAL TIMES FRANCIS LEE UTLEY 1968

  • In an industry filled with self-mythologizers and braggarts, he's the genuine article.

    ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community 2009

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