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What does mythologize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mythologize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, now rare) To interpret (a story etc.) as mythological; to explain the symbolic meaning of. [from 17th c.]
  2. (intransitive) To construct a myth or mythology. [from 17th c.]
  3. (transitive) To make (something or someone) into a myth; to create a legend about. [from 19th c.]
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The result is like a sci-fi take on Albert Bierstadt, the German-American artist whose heavenly paintings of Yosemite helped mythologize the American West.
They always reveal the invincible tendency of the masses to mythologize.
A brilliant horror show about various female perversions, including the need to mythologize and package femaleness.
I always wanted to mythologize Winnipeg as much as possible, just the way Hollywood is great at mythologizing the most far-flung corners of its own country.
At the end of the day, we have suffered for the fact that we are at the hands of those who would popularize this profession, mythologize it, Hollywood-ize it,' he said.
Those who worship Joy Division may bridle at Corbijn's film for its reluctance to mythologize their hero.

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