noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The removal of mythological elements from something, especially from religious writing. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms wordnet
3. 3
   Something from which such elements have been removed. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

clarificationdecodingdemonstrationdemythificationdemythologisationelucidation

Etymology

From de- + mythologization.

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