Usually means: Strip myths to reveal truth.
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  1. demythologize: Merriam-Webster
  2. demythologize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. demythologize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. demythologize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. demythologize: Vocabulary.com
  6. demythologize: Wordnik
  7. demythologize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. demythologize: Wiktionary
  9. demythologize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. demythologize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. demythologize: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. demythologize: Dictionary.com
  13. demythologize: Rhymezone
  14. demythologize: FreeDictionary.org
  15. demythologize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. demythologize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To remove the mythological elements of.

Similar:
demythologise, demythify, demyth, demetaphorize, declassicize, demystify, denarrativize, untheologize, dedogmatize, dehistoricize, more...

Opposite:
mythologize, mythicize, romanticize

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Similar:
demythologise, demythify, demyth, demetaphorize, declassicize, demystify, denarrativize, untheologize, dedogmatize, dehistoricize, more...

Opposite:
mythologize, mythicize, romanticize



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