DEMYTHOLOGIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demythologize mean? 

• DEMYTHOLOGIZE (verb)
  The verb DEMYTHOLOGIZE has 1 sense:

1. remove the mythical element from (writings)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMYTHOLOGIZE (verb)

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)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

demythologise; demythologize

Context example:

the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value

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)