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demythologisation

demythologisation is the alternative form of demythologization.

Meaning of demythologization

Noun

demythologization (countable and uncountable, plural demythologizations)

  1. The removal of mythological elements from something, especially from religious writing.
  2. Something from which such elements have been removed.

Forms of demythologisation

pluraldemythologisations

Origin of demythologisation

From de- + mythologisation.

Questions about demythologisation

What is demythologisation the alternative form of?
Demythologisation is the alternative form of demythologization.

Words near demythologisation in the dictionary

  1. demythifying
  2. demything
  3. demythisation
  4. demythization
  5. demythizations
  6. demythologisation
  7. demythologisations
  8. demythologise
  9. demythologised
  10. demythologiser
  11. demythologises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demythologisation (page history and authors); demythologization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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