mythicizedadj.
/ˈmɪθᵻsʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈmɪθəˌsaɪzd/ Made mythical; transformed into the subject of myth.
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mythicized1871
1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. i. 25 If the Resurrection be merely a spiritual idea, or a mythicised hallucination.
1929 Jrnl. Philos. 26 35 Hence..the cultivated reverence for their more or less mythical or mythicized founders.
1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Jan. a1 The beloved, mythicized Davey [Crockett]—bear-tamer, congressman, Indian fighter extraordinaire—is said to have killed 50 to 200 Mexican troops during the 90-minute battle.
1998 Daily Tel. 31 July 24/1 You can still see the house from Psycho... The tourist attraction, like so much in the mythicised reputation of Hitchcock's great film, is a misrepresentation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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