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demythologise

demythologise is the alternative spelling of demythologize.

Meaning of demythologize

Verb

demythologize (third-person singular simple present demythologizes, present participle demythologizing, simple past and past participle demythologized)

  1. (transitive) To remove the mythological elements of.
    • Near-synonym: euhemerize (demythologizing sense)
    Synonyms:
    demyth, euhemerize

Forms of demythologise

third-person singular presentdemythologises
present participledemythologising
past participledemythologised
pastdemythologised

Origin of demythologise

From de- + mythologise.

Questions about demythologise

What is demythologise the alternative spelling of?
Demythologise is the alternative spelling of demythologize.

Words near demythologise in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demythologise (page history and authors); demythologize (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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