mythologizer
/mɪˈθɑlədʒaɪzər/
noun
- A person who turns something into a myth or legend, often by exaggerating or idealizing it.
- As a mythologizer, the filmmaker added heroic deeds to the story of the explorer.
- The writer was a mythologizer who turned simple folk tales into grand epics.
- Some historians call him a mythologizer because he made the war sound more glorious than it was.
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