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DEMYSTIFY (demystified)

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Irregular inflected form: demystified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does demystify mean? 

DEMYSTIFY (verb)
  The verb DEMYSTIFY has 1 sense:

1. make less mysterious or remove the mystery fromplay

  Familiarity information: DEMYSTIFY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEMYSTIFY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they demystify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it demystifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: demystified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: demystified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: demystifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less mysterious or remove the mystery from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about

Hypernyms (to "demystify" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

mystify (make mysterious)


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