Meanings
present singular third person demystifies · participle present demystifying · participle past demystified · past demystified
- transitiveTo remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
The article was written to demystify the mechanics of the internal combustion engine.
1 more example
“Our goal is to demystify and hold accountable those new technologies to avoid some of the mistakes of the past,” Mr. Blumenthal said. “Congress failed to meet the moment on social media.”
2023 May 16, Cecilia Kang, quoting Richard Blumenthal, “OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchdémystifier
- Englishdemystify
From French démystifier, or de- + mystify.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan desmitificar, desmititzar
- desmitificarto explain
- desmititzarto explain
Chinese Mandarin 使明白易懂
- 使明白易懂 (shǐ míngbái yìdǒng)to explain
Czech demystifikovat
- demystifikovatto explain
Dutch demystificeren
- demystificerento explain
Esperanto malmistifiki, senmistifikigi
- malmistifikito explain
- senmistifikigito explain
Finnish demystifioida
- demystifioidato explain
French démystifier, démythifier
- démystifierto explain
- démythifierto explain
German entmystifizieren
- entmystifizierento explain
Hungarian demisztifikál
- demisztifikálto explain
Italian demistificare
- demistificareto explain
Polish odczarowywać, odczarować
- odczarowywaćto explain
- odczarowaćto explain
Portuguese desmistificar
- desmistificarto explain
Russian проясня́ть, проясни́ть
- проясня́ть (projasnjátʹ)to explain
- проясни́ть (projasnítʹ)to explain
Spanish desmitificar
- desmitificarto explain
Swedish avmystifiera
- avmystifierato explain
Cite this entry
demystify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demystify
“demystify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demystify. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demystify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demystify.
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