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- verb Alternative spelling of
demythologize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove the mythical element from (writings)
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Examples
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The third and concluding part of the article briefly discusses the tensions in knowledge production that need to be overcome to demythologise cybercrime.
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To demythologise the man whom she'd falsely idolised.
A Secret Vengeance Lee, Miranda 2001
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We start to demythologise expertise when we put the experts themselves back in the human context.
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Of course, the job of historians is to demythologise the past but, nevertheless historians have an exciting story to tell and out of its complexity authentic heroes and villains emerge.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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However, a new book, The Story of Eames Furniture, sets out to demythologise this power couple, and in exhaustive fashion.
The Guardian World News Justin McGuirk 2010
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