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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demythologize.

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  • I would not hesitate to claim that the average evangelical prosperity gospel preacher "demythologizes" Jesus far more than Bultmann did in his sermons.

    The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6 James F. McGrath 2010

  • Again they're fighting a battle against the Modernist, who "demythologizes" and thus dismisses ( "dismyths") any passage that makes him uncomfortable (e.g., those that teach miracles or an absolute moral law).

    Latest Articles cerc 2010

  • The most enduring myth of opera is that of the outsider who "demythologizes" the fancy world of opera, Baby Doe who is an anti-star ” and, of course, the star of our own opera.

    Gorgeous Sills Wills, Garry 1975

  • Writers take our deepest cultural fears – which change with each generation – and deconstructs them, demythologizes them, and then re-mythologizes them into new expressions.

    Author of "HPL and His Legacy" : The Lovecraft News Network 2009

  • Writers take our deepest cultural fears – which change with each generation – and deconstructs them, demythologizes them, and then re-mythologizes them into new expressions.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • The great poets knew what it is that humanizes and demythologizes the powerful -- and believer it or not, it isn't sex with young women.

    Justine Lai paints herself having sex with each of the Presidents, beginning with George Washington. Ann Althouse 2009

  • Altman demythologizes his title character, presenting him as a simple and unexceptional man inflated to far above his natural state, to a level of expectations he could never hope to meet.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Ed Howard 2007

  • I will furthermore have to blog about my theories on how Mr. Stern demythologizes celebrities and celebrity culture in a parallel manner to that in which the great Brian Lamb demythologizes politicians and political culture. posted by KaneCitizen at 10: 34 PM

    Archive 2005-08-01 KaneCitizen 2005

  • Altman demythologizes his title character, presenting him as a simple and unexceptional man inflated to far above his natural state, to a level of expectations he could never hope to meet.

    9/26: La Coquille et le Clergyman; Buffalo Bill and the Indians Ed Howard 2007

  • Philosophy in the old mode demythologizes and demystifies.

    THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003

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