mythification
English
editEtymology
editFrom myth + -ification.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmythification (countable and uncountable, plural mythifications)
- Conversion into a myth.
- 2009 June 7, Dave Kehr, “Two Views of One Time”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.