demyth

D2E1M3Y4T1H4

verb

Synonym of demythologize.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbdemyth (third-person singular simple present demyths, present participle demything, simple past and past participle demythed)

present singular third person demyths · participle present demything · participle past demythed · past demythed

  1. Synonym of demythologize.

    Is there not a danger of so translating history and demything its interpretation that what is left is nothing but a religious psychology?

    1952, G. Ernest Wright, Studies in Biblical Theology, number 8, London: SCM Press Ltd, […], page 123
    2 more examples

    a. Demyth expectations that the remarried family is “no different” from the nuclear family. / b. Demyth fantasies of instant love. / c. Demyth fantasies of parental reunion. / d. Demyth stereotypes of the “wicked” stepparent. / e. Demyth orientations that “step is less.” / f. Demyth expectations that remarried family adjustments are easy.

    1981, Esther Wald, The Remarried Family: Challenge and Promise, New York, N.Y.: Family Service Association of America, →ISBN, page 220

    Within the context of Hebrew religious thought, nature, although still regarded as a living entity, was robbed of its personality and demythed. Once the Greeks became literate, they also demythed nature and developed a notion of causality to explain its actions.

    2004, Robert K. Logan, The Alphabet Effect: A Media Ecology Understanding of the Making of Western Civilization, Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 100

    Synonyms: demythologize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of demythologize.

Origin

Translations

German entmythologisieren
  • entmythologisieren1. To remove the mythological elements
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