mythification
noun/ˌmɪθɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology From myth + -ification.
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Conversion into a myth.
- 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.2009 June 7, Dave Kehr, “Two Views of One Time”, in New York Times: