mythization

English

Etymology

From myth +‎ -ization.

Noun

mythization (countable and uncountable, plural mythizations)

1. conversion into a myth
   • 1945, William Arrowsmith, James Fearon Brown, Barbara Howes, The Chimera: a rough beast, volumes 4-5, page 5:

     Here a second form of myth arises: the mythization of explicitly human thoughts and creations.