mythologize

UK: /mɪˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz/ US: (mi thol′ə jīz′)

Inflections of 'mythologize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

mythologizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

mythologizing

v pres p (US & UK)

mythologized

v past (US & UK)

mythologized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

my•thol•o•gize  (mi thol′ə jīz′), v., -gized, -giz•ing. 
v.i. 

1. Mythology to classify, explain, or write about myths.
2. Mythology to construct or narrate myths.

v.t. 

3. to make into or explain as a myth;
   make mythical.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] my•thol′o•gise′. 

• 1595–1605; mytholog(y) + -ize; compare French mythologiser

my•thol′o•gi•za′tion, n. 
my•thol′o•giz′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

mythologize, mythologise / mɪˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz/ verb

1. to tell, study, or explain (myths)
2. (intransitive) to create or make up myths
3. (transitive) to convert into a myth

myˈthologer, myˈtholoˌgizer, myˈtholoˌgiser noun