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What does demythologization mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of demythologizing, or something demythologized.
  2. The removal of mythological elements from something, especially from religious writing.
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Demythologization should be distinguished from secularization.
He acquired exceptional proficiency in languages, literature, and the social and natural sciences along with a zest for critical inquiry and demythologization.
This work is not so much a revisionist history as it is the demythologization of a law enforcement group as famed as Scotland Yard or the Canadian Mounties.
Their work, be it imaginative or non-fictional, operates both processes of demythologization and demystification.

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