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Demythologize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To rid of mythological elements in order to discover the underlying meaning: demythologize biblical legends.

v. To remove the mysterious or mythical aspects from: "providing an antiheroic age with heroes suitably demythologized, yet also grand” ( John Simon).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to remove the mythological elements of something in order to find the underlying meaning

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. remove the mythical element from (writings)

Word Usage

"This can "demythologize" the authority figure just enough to make the child more comfortable with them, without undermining their authority over the child."

Verb Form

demythologized demythologizes demythologizing

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