demythologise

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A form of demythologize — To remove the mythological elements of.

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OriginEnglish mythologise ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdemythologise (third-person singular simple present demythologises, present participle demythologising, simple past and past participle demythologised)

present singular third person demythologises · participle present demythologising · participle past demythologised · past demythologised

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of demythologize.

    There is no weapon so effective as mockery and Gillray's vicious caricatures did more to demythologise Napoleon than anything else.

    2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 273

Synonyms & antonyms

verbremove the mythical element from (writings)

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishmythologise
  8. Englishdemythologise

From de- + mythologise.

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APA

demythologise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demythologise

MLA

“demythologise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demythologise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demythologise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demythologise.

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