mythologise

• 动词，指把某事物当作神话来看待、将其神化或赋予传奇、象征性的地位；也指编造或传播神话。

A verb meaning to create or treat something as a myth, or to give something legendary or symbolic status.

1. Construct a mythC1formal

   To create or develop a traditional story or belief that explains natural or social phenomena.

   编造神话

   • Ancient cultures often mythologised natural events like thunderstorms.
   • The writer mythologised the founding of the city in his epic poem.
   • They mythologised the hero's journey to inspire future generations.

   同义词mythicize

   反义词debunkdemystifydemythologisedisenchant

2. Make into a mythC1formal

   To transform a person, event, or idea into a myth, often exaggerating or idealizing it.

   神话化

   • The media mythologised the politician's early life.
   • Historians argue that we tend to mythologise the past.
   • The film mythologised the outlaw as a folk hero.

   同义词mythicize

   反义词debunkdeconstructdemythologize