Verb (used with object) : to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners. ,to demythologize the presidency. From Dictionary.com.
This can "demythologize" the authority figure just enough to make the child more comfortable with them, without undermining their authority over the child. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
"demythologize" the texts and the theolgoies dependening on them. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
It's kind of weird because we've had this summer they demythologize "Troy.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2004] Reference
I think that in whatever we can -- in whatever way we can, we do want to demythologize the illness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2005] Reference
What they do is demythologize the whole thing ... but I don't want facts, I want stories and legends!. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of Inverness] Reference
I smiled and smiled because, as I remember, there are just some things that he doesn't want to demythologize. From Wordnik.com. [The Inerrancy of Ecclesiastes 9:2-6] Reference
And the nihilist -- his interest in learning about things is really to expose them, to demythologize, to debunk. From Wordnik.com. [Tenured Radicals] Reference
Unlike the stereotypes the people in the “Lower 48” may have about Alaska, Beach was going to demythologize some things. From Wordnik.com. [Geo Beach: A Swamp Yankee in the Last Fontier] Reference
I appreciate that he would consider to do a review of my work and demythologize the mysteries surrounding the “phenomenon” of Peter McLaren. From Wordnik.com. [A Review of Capitalists and Conquerors, and an exchange] Reference
This is activist cinema at its very best, for it serves to popularize and demythologize a problem long obscured by those most threatened by the solution. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Consensus or Religious War?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Since taking over as CEO in 1999, Opperman has worked furiously to demythologize the site and turn it from a shrine into a more mundane museum of Afrikaner culture and history, "a professional, hospitable organization that welcomes everybody.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
One attempt has been made following the German theologian Rudolf Bultmann, to “demythologize” the biblical world-picture, interpreting scriptural stories couched in primary religious discourse in terms of the existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
If, after reading it, you are in sympathy with my design to unmask and demythologize the undeserving individual for whom the memorial fund is currently named and rename it to honor a great humanitarian like Dr. King, address letters, faxes and e-mail communications to the office of President Wright at Dartmouth. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Tuck's homepage, biography and published works] Reference
How do you do your job without bowing down to it-how do you demythologize money?. From Wordnik.com. [TheResurgence] Reference
Recognizing the extensive degree of misinformation about marihuana as a drug, we have tried to demythologize it. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
After you face and demythologize your fear, you may discover that you need some sales training in addition to shore up your skill and confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Solostream] Reference
"Manning Marable has helped to demythologize" Malcolm X, public radio host and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson tells NPR's Neal Conan. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
1000 Genomes Project in my book, I did not appreciate the possibility that the Chinese, who have no interest in Western PC pathology, might actually create the eruption that would demythologize liberalism. From Wordnik.com. [Mangan's] Reference
Build up a myth so you can demythologize it. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Thill: Roll Call Slams The Colbert Report. Bears Win.] Reference
"Now she's helping to demythologize those men.". From Wordnik.com. [The Go-Between: Interpreting Life in Bermuda for Freed Gitmo Prisoners] Reference
They demythologize "King Arthur.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2004] Reference
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