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mythicize /ˈmɪθɪsʌɪz /(also mythicise) verb [with object]Make (someone or something) the subject of a myth or myths: the figure of Jesus had been mythicized by the religious imagination of the early Christians...- But by mythicising his illness he extracted more from the experience than he would had he recognised its true provenance.
- The characters are themselves responsible for thus mythicizing the geographical journey; each of them embarks on an ‘imagined journey from periphery to centre’.
- Virgil recognizes the anomaly of expunged Trojan origins and effectively mythicizes it in Book 12 of the Aeneid.
Derivativesmythicism /ˈmɪθɪsɪz(ə)m/ noun ...- Flemming has in a way tarnished the image of mythicism by promoting bad arguments, and ironically will drive people away from mythicism.
- Our traditions must be well disposed, that is able to stand back wisely from even the appearance of excessive mythicism in their own tradition.
- A continuing objective of scholars of judicial behavior is to expose the mythicism that is integral to the public perception of American judicial institutions.
mythicist /ˈmɪθɪsɪst/ noun ...- It's better to be a mythicist than a minimalist, but wiser to be a millennialist than a mythicist.
- Despite the claims of certain mythicists, there is of course no evidence of Mithra being crucified.
- I just want to know how you fellow realists can actually argue with these mythicists and keep your cool?
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