Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To rid of mythological elements in order to discover the underlying meaning.
- transitive verb To remove the mysterious or mythical aspects from.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to
remove themythological elements of something in order to find theunderlying meaning
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove the mythical element from (writings)
Etymologies
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Examples
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This can "demythologize" the authority figure just enough to make the child more comfortable with them, without undermining their authority over the child.
Archive 2009-07-01 J. Steven York 2009
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This can "demythologize" the authority figure just enough to make the child more comfortable with them, without undermining their authority over the child.
Living with the Introverted Child J. Steven York 2009
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This kind of project is at least as old as Rudolf Bultmann's effort to "demythologize" the New Testament with the aid of Heidegger's existential categories.
Quo Vadis, Wojtyla? Sheehan, Thomas 1980
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"demythologize" the texts and the theolgoies dependening on them.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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"demythologize" the texts and the theolgoies dependening on them.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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His archives also contain a later attempt at a sequel that deals with his years as president and was intended to demythologize him.
Google Backs Mandela Project Peter Wonacott 2011
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What they do is demythologize the whole thing ... but I don't want facts, I want stories and legends!
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I smiled and smiled because, as I remember, there are just some things that he doesn't want to demythologize.
The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6 James F. McGrath 2010
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I appreciate that he would consider to do a review of my work and demythologize the mysteries surrounding the “phenomenon” of Peter McLaren.
A Review of Capitalists and Conquerors, and an exchange 2007
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It's mildly interesting that her academic art world prose _de_humanizes and mythologizes her work as it seeks to humanize and demythologize historical authority figures.
Justine Lai paints herself having sex with each of the Presidents, beginning with George Washington. Ann Althouse 2009
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