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Euhemerize Synonyms & Antonyms

(ambitransitive, derogatory) To invent a plausible but fanciful historical origin for something in order to rationalize mythology and legends.

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rationalizedemythologizeundeify[personage]]s are the direct objects>mythologizedeify[personage]]s are the direct objects>

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Related Words

mythicizemythicisemythologizemythifymythologisefolk-etymologizefabulisemythizeremythologizefabulizefictionalizemysticalizefictionizeegyptizefabulatelegendisemake upanthropomorphizeantiquifyhistorize

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