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demythologize

(also demythologise)
Definition of demythologize

verb

[with object]
  • reinterpret (a subject) so that it is free of mythical elements:the biographer undertakes to demythologize a man who is for many a modern saint
  • reinterpret what are considered to be mythological elements of (the Bible).

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