demyth
verbEtymology From de- + myth.
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Synonym of demythologize.
- Is there not a danger of so translating history and demything its interpretation that what is left is nothing but a religious psychology?1952, G. Ernest Wright, Studies in Biblical Theology, number 8, London: SCM Press Ltd, […], page 123:
- a. Demyth expectations that the remarried family is “no different” from the nuclear family. / b. Demyth fantasies of instant love. / c. Demyth fantasies of parental reunion. / d. Demyth stereotypes of the “wicked” stepparent. / e. Demyth orientations that “step is less.” / f. Demyth expectations that remarried family adjustments are easy.1981, Esther Wald, The Remarried Family: Challenge and Promise, New York, N.Y.: Family Service Association of America, →ISBN, page 220:
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- Within the context of Hebrew religious thought, nature, although still regarded as a living entity, was robbed of its personality and demythed. Once the Greeks became literate, they also demythed nature and developed a notion of causality to explain its actions.2004, Robert K. Logan, The Alphabet Effect: A Media Ecology Understanding of the Making of Western Civilization, Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 100: