Demythologize

Quick meaning: Demythologize is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the mythological elements of.

Meaning

(transitive) To remove the mythological elements of.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: euhemerize (demythologizing sense)

Archaeological evidence has demythologized some parts of the Bible.

[commentating on "mother of all the living" in Gen. 3:20] A similar phrase is used to describe the mother goddess in ancient Near Eastern mythology. Here the image has been demythologized. It simply expresses the biblical concepts of one human race and of woman's primary role--motherhood.

However, the notion that an originally “mythological” figure has been “depotentized”, then variously “repotentized” or further “demythologized” by later, dependent authors, though the “mythological” understanding finally prevailed in later Jewish literature, does not sound entirely convincing.

Word Forms

• demythologizes
• demythologizing
• demythologized
• demythologise

Synonyms for demythologize

Depending on context, synonyms include demyth, euhemerize.

Antonyms for demythologize

Common opposites include mythologize, euhemerize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include demythologise, demythify, demyth, demetaphorize, declassicize, demystify.

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