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DEMYTHOLOGIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demythologize ... he / she / it demythologizes
Past simple: demythologized
Past participle: demythologized
-ing form: demythologizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the mythical element from (writings)
Example:
the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value
Synonyms:
demythologise; demythologize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "demythologize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Domain category:
Bible; Book; Christian Bible; Good Book; Holy Scripture; Holy Writ; Scripture; Word; Word of God (the sacred writings of the Christian religions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
mythologize (make into a myth)
Derivation:
demythologization (the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms)
