Mythification

//ˌmɪθɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Conversion into a myth. countable, uncountable

    "Both products of Hollywood’s youth boom of the late ’60s, “Woodstock” and “Zabriskie Point” begin in the same cultural moment and head off in completely different directions: “Woodstock” toward a mythification of the recent past, “Zabriskie” toward a nameless dread of the near future."

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"Both products of Hollywood’s youth boom of the late ’60s, “Woodstock” and “Zabriskie Point” begin in the same cultural moment and head off in completely different directions: “Woodstock” toward a mythification of the recent past, “Zabriskie” toward a nameless dread of the near future."

Etymology

From myth + -ification.

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