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  • noun One who, or that which, demystifies.

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demystify +‎ -er

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Examples

  • World-famous magician and demystifier James Randi has often been invited on such shows to help audiences understand what's really going on in these so-called 'psychic' readings.

    D.J. Grothe: An Open Letter to Dr. Phil: Get Real D.J. Grothe 2012

  • She sees her role as a translator, demystifier, and guide.

    Meet Elspeth Slayter: Social Work Researcher and Educator « AAUW Dialog 2009

  • L. KING: We welcome James Randi, investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims and founders of the James Randi Educational Foundation, the Web site for which is randi. org.

    CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2007 2007

  • Mr. Lewis is long-form journalism's great demystifier, a writer whose prose has the remarkable capacity to turn stupefying arcana into plain common sense.

    NYT > Home Page By A. O. SCOTT 2011

  • Mr. Lewis is long-form journalism's great demystifier, a writer whose prose has the remarkable capacity to turn stupefying arcana into plain common sense.

    NYT > Home Page By A. O. SCOTT 2011

  • The fact that Nintendo's Wii (the king of casual gaming devices and demystifier of interactive entertainment for those who normally wouldn't bother) has never had a karaoke game is an anomaly now rectified by the release of We Sing.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • But according to the US sceptics - including renowned "demystifier of pseudoscientific bunk"

    unknown title 2009

  • The demystifier speaks to the child’s strengths and their importance while pointing out specifically any dysfunctions and breakdown points.

    A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002

  • The demystifier speaks to the child’s strengths and their importance while pointing out specifically any dysfunctions and breakdown points.

    A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002

  • It's an empowerment tool, but it's also a demystifier. "

    Fieldnotes Elizabeth Hira 2008

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