demythologize
verb (used with object)
to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding.
demythologization
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a word derived from
demythologize.
Example Sentences
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The word is Entmythologisieren, translated into English as "demythologization."
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Ginette T. Hochman Morrisville, Pa. Bowdlerized Bible It seems that nothing is safe from demythologization, secularization and, ultimately, sanitation.
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The question remained whether this task is "demythologization."
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But in the last section of the book, dealing directly with primitive Christianity, demythologization is seen at work.
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Getting beneath those myths to the believers' experience is the famous Bultmann process of "demythologization."
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