Definition of "demythologize" []

• To rid of mythological elements in order to discover the underlying meaning: demythologize biblical legends. (verb-transitive)
• To remove the mysterious or mythical aspects from: "providing an antiheroic age with heroes suitably demythologized, yet also grand” ( John Simon). (verb-transitive)

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• "This can "demythologize" the authority figure just enough to make the child more comfortable with them, without undermining their authority over the child."
• "This kind of project is at least as old as Rudolf Bultmann's effort to "demythologize" the New Testament with the aid of Heidegger's existential categories."
• ""demythologize" the texts and the theolgoies dependening on them."