Meaning of "euhemerize" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF EUHEMERIZE

euhemerize  [juːˈhiːməˌraɪz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EUHEMERIZE

Euhemerize is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb euhemerize in English.

WHAT DOES EUHEMERIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Euhemerism

Euhemerism is a rationalizing method of interpretation, which treats mythological accounts as a reflection of historical events, or mythological characters as historical personages but which were shaped, exaggerated or altered by retelling and traditional mores. It was named for its creator Euhemerus. In more recent literature of myth, such as in Bulfinch's Mythology, Euhemerism is called the "historical interpretation" of mythology. Euhemerism is defined in modern academic literature as the theory that myths are distorted accounts of real historical events. Euhemerus was not the first to attempt to rationalize mythology through history, as euhemeristic views are found in earlier writers, including Xenophanes, Herodotus, Hecataeus of Abdera and Ephorus. However, Euhemerus is credited as having developed the theory in application to all myths, considering mythology to be "history in disguise".

Definition of euhemerize in the English dictionary

The definition of euhemerize in the dictionary is to deal with or explain by euhemerism.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EUHEMERIZE

PRESENT

Present

I euhemerize

you euhemerize

he/she/it euhemerizes

we euhemerize

you euhemerize

they euhemerize

Present continuous

I am euhemerizing

you are euhemerizing

he/she/it is euhemerizing

we are euhemerizing

you are euhemerizing

they are euhemerizing

Present perfect

I have euhemerized

you have euhemerized

he/she/it has euhemerized

we have euhemerized

you have euhemerized

they have euhemerized

Present perfect continuous

I have been euhemerizing

you have been euhemerizing

he/she/it has been euhemerizing

we have been euhemerizing

you have been euhemerizing

they have been euhemerizing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I euhemerized

you euhemerized

he/she/it euhemerized

we euhemerized

you euhemerized

they euhemerized

Past continuous

I was euhemerizing

you were euhemerizing

he/she/it was euhemerizing

we were euhemerizing

you were euhemerizing

they were euhemerizing

Past perfect

I had euhemerized

you had euhemerized

he/she/it had euhemerized

we had euhemerized

you had euhemerized

they had euhemerized

Past perfect continuous

I had been euhemerizing

you had been euhemerizing

he/she/it had been euhemerizing

we had been euhemerizing

you had been euhemerizing

they had been euhemerizing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will euhemerize

you will euhemerize

he/she/it will euhemerize

we will euhemerize

you will euhemerize

they will euhemerize

Future continuous

I will be euhemerizing

you will be euhemerizing

he/she/it will be euhemerizing

we will be euhemerizing

you will be euhemerizing

they will be euhemerizing

Future perfect

I will have euhemerized

you will have euhemerized

he/she/it will have euhemerized

we will have euhemerized

you will have euhemerized

they will have euhemerized

Future perfect continuous

I will have been euhemerizing

you will have been euhemerizing

he/she/it will have been euhemerizing

we will have been euhemerizing

you will have been euhemerizing

they will have been euhemerizing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would euhemerize

you would euhemerize

he/she/it would euhemerize

we would euhemerize

you would euhemerize

they would euhemerize

Conditional continuous

I would be euhemerizing

you would be euhemerizing

he/she/it would be euhemerizing

we would be euhemerizing

you would be euhemerizing

they would be euhemerizing

Conditional perfect

I would have euhemerize

you would have euhemerize

he/she/it would have euhemerize

we would have euhemerize

you would have euhemerize

they would have euhemerize

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been euhemerizing

you would have been euhemerizing

he/she/it would have been euhemerizing

we would have been euhemerizing

you would have been euhemerizing

they would have been euhemerizing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you euhemerize
we let´s euhemerize
you euhemerize

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to euhemerize

Past participle

euhemerized

Present Participle

euhemerizing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF EUHEMERIZE

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUHEMERIZE»

Discover the use of euhemerize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to euhemerize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Transactions of the American Philological Association

In both instances the key word is PaoiA,euc/PaoiXeuco, the precise word that Euhemerus himself had used to "euhemerize" the myths of Ouranus, Cronus, and Zeus;49 and the precise word also that in an earlier period Hecataeus (fr.

American Philological Association, 2003

From Ikaria to the Stars: Classical Mythification, Ancient ...

... scorning to euhemerize the gods; not questioning the curia, but accepting and going beyond them; not rationalizing or allegorizing clashing rocks or fiery bulls, but taking them in his stride as an integral part of those "high and far-off times" ...

Peter Green, 2013

Merlin: A Casebook

Consequently, one has to euhemerize as much as possible the ambiguous characters of “faes,” among them of course Morgue, but also to some extent the Lady of the Lake. We have seen already what happens to Morgue; the same solution ...

Peter H. Goodrich, 2003

Antike Mythen: Medien, Transformationen und Konstruktionen

In the Core, there was no mythology to euhemerize or allegorize except that in classical literature just as there was no memory of any pre-Christian local heroes to celebrate. We should remember that the gods and heroes of the Mythogenesis  ...

Ueli Dill, Christine Walde, 2009

The Argonautika: The Story of Jason and the Quest for the ...

... true or false, of his famous alleged quarrel with Kallimachos-scorning to euhemerize the gods; not questioning the aitia (origins, causes), but accepting and embodying them; not rationalizing or allegorizing clashing rocks or fiery brazen bulls ...

Apollonios Rhodios, 1997

The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain

Later tradition came to euhemerize Arthur, to regard him as a human leader, as was inevitable under thejnfiuence of a growing Christianity. For Christianity, though it had been introduced into Britain for some considerable time before the  ...

Lewis Spence, 2012

The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria

... not knowing that these kings are rather recent and lived less than eleven hundred years ago.357 Josephus tried to euhemerize the genesis of the gods of Damascus and their cults. the god hadad is easily recognized in the name adados, ...

Herbert Niehr, 2014

Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World: A Comparative ...

Such an interpretation is extremely forced; we need not euhemerize every myth, and we should not want to do so in this case for want of supportive data. This tale does, nevertheless, appear as if it might derive from the very real Campo del ...

Peter Metevelis, 2009

Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia

Meath). Their divine origin is sometimes explicitly recognized, but Christian writers occasionally rationalize them as fallen angels or demons. Attempts to euhemerize them (to suppose that they were mortals who were worshipped after their ...

Seán Duffy, 2004

The Mirror of the Self: Sexuality, Self-Knowledge, and the ...

In this second version, there are no male suitors at all, where Conon had a throng , and in the place of the tragic Narcissus from Ovid—who at first does not know himself, so outrageous a claim that Pausanias must euhemerize it as best he ...

Shadi Bartsch, 2006