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词汇 mythify
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Definition of mythify in English:

mythify

verb ˈmɪθɪfʌɪˈmɪθəˌfaɪ
[with object]
  • Make (someone or something) the subject of a myth or myths; mythicize.

    as success mythified their reputation, the stormtroopers grew in distinctiveness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dick's drug use was much magnified and mythified, as well.
    • And what better weapon do we have against such myths, than to mythify them in their turn and produce other artificial myths?
    • Does her political stance preserve and moreover mythify her ‘radical’ status?
    • The Australian actress has recently been mythified to the iconic status of the screen goddesses of the 1950s.
    • On the one hand, they demystify bad, often non-musical, entertainment and, on the other, they mythify musical entertainment by associating the musical with the myths of spontaneity, integration and audience.

Derivatives

  • mythification

  • noun ˌmɪθɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
    • Every war that Israel fought was quickly historicised and became the subject of mythification or controversy that provoked reinterpretations of the past.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By his silence, and his refusal to mediate between his art and his audience, Greaves collaborates, unintentionally, in his mythification.
      • Is this why you rail against the rampant mythification of Los Angeles, because it conceals so much of the actual living that's done there, the actual history it possesses?
      • As such, according to Condé, the obsessive return to the figure of the dog is emblematic of a refusal to deal with a messy present absolutely resistant to mythification.
      • There's exaggeration and mythification here, not surprisingly.

Definition of mythify in US English:

mythify

verbˈmiTHəˌfīˈmɪθəˌfaɪ
[with object]
  • Make (someone or something) the subject of a myth or myths; mythicize.

    as success mythified their reputation, the stormtroopers grew in distinctiveness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And what better weapon do we have against such myths, than to mythify them in their turn and produce other artificial myths?
    • Does her political stance preserve and moreover mythify her ‘radical’ status?
    • The Australian actress has recently been mythified to the iconic status of the screen goddesses of the 1950s.
    • On the one hand, they demystify bad, often non-musical, entertainment and, on the other, they mythify musical entertainment by associating the musical with the myths of spontaneity, integration and audience.
    • Dick's drug use was much magnified and mythified, as well.
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