Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mythologize

/mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: mythol-o-gize
IPA: /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/

29

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To construct a myth or mythology.

Intransitive verb

verb

To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Most of Æsopes fables have divers senses, and severall interpretations: Those which Mythologize them, chuse some kinde of colour well-suting with the fable; but for the most part, it is no more than the first and superficiall glosse[…]."

Etymology

From mythology + -ize, after Middle French mythologiser.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mythology

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mythologizes (present, singular) mythologizing (participle, present) mythologized (participle, past) mythologized (past)

Derived Forms

mythologizable mythologization mythologizer remythologize

Frequently Paired Words

demythologize

Synonyms

mythologise mythicize mythicise

Questions

How do you pronounce mythologize?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪˈθɒlədʒʌɪz/.
What does mythologize mean?: To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of.
Where does mythologize come from?: From mythology + -ize, after Middle French mythologiser.

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