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Definition of "demystify" [demystify]

  • To make less mysterious; clarify: an autobiography that demystified the career of an eminent physician. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "demystify" in a sentence
  • "Chidenga, the Zimbabwe wildlife chief, said world efforts to "demystify" the medicinal affects of rhino horn – consisting of keratin, the main component of human fingernails and hair – failed to yield results in Asia."
  • "Have abortion stories failed to "demystify" the procedure?"
  • "She has done more to "demystify" the subject of money more than anyone else I have read."