demythologize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
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."
Etymology
From de- + mythologize.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: de