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demythologize
[ dee-mi-thol-uh-jahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding:
to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
- to make less mysterious or mythical so as to give a more human character to:
to demythologize the presidency.
verb (used without object)
- to separate mythological, legendary, or apocryphal elements from a writing, work of art, historical figure, etc.
demythologize
/ 藢诲颈藧尘瑟藞胃蓲濒蓹藢诲萧补瑟锄 /
verb
- to eliminate all mythical elements from (a piece of writing, esp the Bible) so as to arrive at an essential meaning
- to restate (a message, esp a religious one) in rational terms
Derived Forms
- 藢诲别尘测藢迟丑辞濒辞驳颈藞锄补迟颈辞苍, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲别顎卪测路迟丑辞濒顎卭路驳颈路锄补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
- 诲别顎卪测路迟丑辞濒顎僶路驳颈锄顎卐谤 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of demythologize1
Example Sentences
This is all of a piece with the demythologizing trend in Wagner stagings over the past 50 years, especially in Europe.
The school鈥檚 announcement in December 鈥渋s really aimed at demythologizing its history, and this is healthy and much needed,鈥 he wrote in an email.
Then you go in there and you say, "This is what they are," and humanize and demythologize.
鈥淎ll 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.鈥
鈥淎t a time of grandiose mythologizing, he marshals his considerable storytelling skills to demythologize himself.鈥
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