mythologizing
present participle ofmythologize
mythologize
verb[IorT]
mainlyUS(UKusuallymythologise)uk/mɪˈθɒl.ə.dʒaɪz/us/mɪˈθɑː.lə.dʒaɪz/tocreateafalsepictureof asituation:
Peopletendto mythologize(about)theiryouth/the past.
Opposite
demythologize
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- a pack of liesidiom
- artifice
- bad faith
- black is whiteidiom
- cakeism
- canard
- falsification
- feedsomeonea lineidiom
- fib
- fiction
- flimflam
- lie
- mythologically
- mythologize
- perjure
- perjury
- porky
- stretch the truthidiom
- white lie
- whopper
Examplesofmythologizing
mythologizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The process ofmythologizinginvolves the objectification of social experiences to shape and control them.
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The process ofmythologizingcritical events is unending.
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However, there are aspects ofmythologizinga traumatically perceived shared experience that still need to be developed and discussed.
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This paper focuses on these seemingly contradicting perspectives aboutmythologizingand positions them in the context of a perceived traumatic shared experience.
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There is vast literature on the f unctionality and implications ofmythologizingin modern societies.
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Studying the process ofmythologizinga traumatically perceived experience in the context of socio-political ideological rifts may benefit from the conclusions of this paper in several ways.
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Themythologizingprocess included exaggeration, faulty memory, folklore and deliberate hoaxing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thismythologizingextended even to place names.
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