| VERB | change | demythologize, demythologise | remove the mythical element from (writings) |
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| Meaning | Remove the mythical element from (writings). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value" | |
| Synonym | demythologise | |
| Category | Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word | The sacred writings of the Christian religions |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise | make into a myth |
| Spanish | desmitificar | |
| Catalan | desmitificar | |
| Nouns | demythologization | the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms |
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