demythologize

1. 1.

   remove the mythical element from (writings)

   “the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value”

   Synonymsdemythologise

   Antonymsmythologize

   Broaderchange

   Bible

Other forms of demythologize

past tense

demythologized·

present participle

demythologizing·

third person

demythologizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demythologize

What does demythologize mean?

demythologize means "remove the mythical element from (writings)".

How many syllables are in demythologize?

demythologize has 5 syllables: de-my-tho-lo-gize. The stress falls on "tho".

What is another word for demythologize?

Close synonyms include demythologise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of demythologize?

The recorded antonyms are mythologize.

Is demythologize a common word?

demythologize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.