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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value" [syn: demythologize, demythologise] [ant: mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1950 1. to divest of mythological forms in order to uncover the meaning underlying them <demythologize the Gospels> 2. to divest of mythical elements or associations • demythologization noun • demythologizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) 1 remove mythical elements from (a legend, famous person's life, etc.). 2 reinterpret what some consider to be the mythological elements in (the Bible).

Moby Thesaurus

account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, crack, decipher, demonstrate, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, give reason for, give the meaning, illuminate, illustrate, make clear, make plain, popularize, rationalize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel