demythologize
verb (used with object)
to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding.
demythologized
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past participleof demythologize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof demythologize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
demythologizeverb (used with object)to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding.
Example Sentences
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Maimonides presents a demythologized conception of the divine that influences later thinkers, Spinoza among them.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
“All I had wanted to do was write a novel that demythologized the West. Instead, it became the chief source of Western mythology. Some things you cannot explain.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2021
In the larger journalistic sense, they were part of a ground-shifting movement that demythologized and humanized athletes, for better or worse.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2010
"Both Christianity and Communism have demythologized themselves eschatologically," the bishop said.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mass is less ornamental; it has been ‘modernized,’ tampered with, demythologized, deflated.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
