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DEMYSTIFY (demystified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demystify mean?
• DEMYSTIFY (verb)
The verb DEMYSTIFY has 1 sense:
1. make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
Familiarity information: DEMYSTIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they demystify ... he / she / it demystifies
Past simple: demystified
Past participle: demystified
-ing form: demystifying
Past simple: demystified
Past participle: demystified
-ing form: demystifying
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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