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Meaning of "demythify" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEMYTHIFY

demythify  [diːˈmɪθɪˌfaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEMYTHIFY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Demythify is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb demythify in English.

WHAT DOES DEMYTHIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of demythify in the English dictionary

The definition of demythify in the dictionary is to remove the mythical character from.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEMYTHIFY

PRESENT

Present
I demythify
you demythify
he/she/it demythifies
we demythify
you demythify
they demythify
Present continuous
I am demythifying
you are demythifying
he/she/it is demythifying
we are demythifying
you are demythifying
they are demythifying
Present perfect
I have demythified
you have demythified
he/she/it has demythified
we have demythified
you have demythified
they have demythified
Present perfect continuous
I have been demythifying
you have been demythifying
he/she/it has been demythifying
we have been demythifying
you have been demythifying
they have been demythifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I demythified
you demythified
he/she/it demythified
we demythified
you demythified
they demythified
Past continuous
I was demythifying
you were demythifying
he/she/it was demythifying
we were demythifying
you were demythifying
they were demythifying
Past perfect
I had demythified
you had demythified
he/she/it had demythified
we had demythified
you had demythified
they had demythified
Past perfect continuous
I had been demythifying
you had been demythifying
he/she/it had been demythifying
we had been demythifying
you had been demythifying
they had been demythifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will demythify
you will demythify
he/she/it will demythify
we will demythify
you will demythify
they will demythify
Future continuous
I will be demythifying
you will be demythifying
he/she/it will be demythifying
we will be demythifying
you will be demythifying
they will be demythifying
Future perfect
I will have demythified
you will have demythified
he/she/it will have demythified
we will have demythified
you will have demythified
they will have demythified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been demythifying
you will have been demythifying
he/she/it will have been demythifying
we will have been demythifying
you will have been demythifying
they will have been demythifying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would demythify
you would demythify
he/she/it would demythify
we would demythify
you would demythify
they would demythify
Conditional continuous
I would be demythifying
you would be demythifying
he/she/it would be demythifying
we would be demythifying
you would be demythifying
they would be demythifying
Conditional perfect
I would have demythify
you would have demythify
he/she/it would have demythify
we would have demythify
you would have demythify
they would have demythify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been demythifying
you would have been demythifying
he/she/it would have been demythifying
we would have been demythifying
you would have been demythifying
they would have been demythifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you demythify
we let´s demythify
you demythify
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to demythify
Past participle
demythified
Present Participle
demythifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEMYTHIFY


amplify
ˈæmplɪˌfaɪ
certify
ˈsɜːtɪˌfaɪ
clarify
ˈklærɪˌfaɪ
classify
ˈklæsɪˌfaɪ
identifier
aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ
identify
aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ
justify
ˈdʒʌstɪˌfaɪ
magnify
ˈmæɡnɪˌfaɪ
modify
ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ
notify
ˈnəʊtɪˌfaɪ
qualify
ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
quantify
ˈkwɒntɪˌfaɪ
rectify
ˈrɛktɪˌfaɪ
sci-fi
ˈsaɪˌfaɪ
signify
ˈsɪɡnɪˌfaɪ
simplify
ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ
specify
ˈspɛsɪˌfaɪ
testify
ˈtɛstɪˌfaɪ
verify
ˈvɛrɪˌfaɪ
Wi-Fi
ˈwaɪˌfaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEMYTHIFY

demutualise
demutualization
demutualize
demy
demy octavo
demy quarto
demyelinate
demyelination
demyship
demystification
demystified
demystifies
demystify
demythification
demythologisation
demythologise
demythologiser
demythologization
demythologize
demythologizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEMYTHIFY

beautify
detoxify
disqualify
diversify
exemplify
fishify
fortify
Frenchify
glorify
intensify
kitschify
lithify
mollify
objectify
preachify
purify
solidify
speechify
stratify
unify

Synonyms and antonyms of demythify in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «demythify» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEMYTHIFY

Find out the translation of demythify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of demythify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «demythify» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

demythify
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desmitificar
570 millions of speakers

English

demythify
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

demythify
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

demythify
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

demythify
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desmistificar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

demythify
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

démythifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Demythify
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entmystifizieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

demythify
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

demythify
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Demythify
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

demythify
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

demythify
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Demythify
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

demythify
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

demythify
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

demythify
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

demythify
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

demythify
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

demythify
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

demythify
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

demythify
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

demythify
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of demythify

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEMYTHIFY»

The term «demythify» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.629 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEMYTHIFY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «demythify» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «demythify» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about demythify

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEMYTHIFY»

Discover the use of demythify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to demythify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Writing Diaspora: Tactics of Intervention in Contemporary ...
To demythify this language therefore means both the cleansing of its "red flags" and "war drums" and a return to the fundamentals of clear, expressive writing. In other words, "political language" or the language of action here seeks not only to  ...
Rey Chow, 1993
2
A Luis Leal Reader
Anaya re-creates the mythical character of legend by giving him a new dimension (e.g., death and resurrection), whereas Cisneros attempts to demythify the dwarf of Uxmal by presenting him as a picaresque figure who uses the myth to ...
Luis Leal, Ilan Stavans, 2007
3
Readings in Managerial Psychology
There is, however, some disagreement as to the need to demythify the practice of OD. Margulies (1972), for example, describes the OD consultant as somewhere between an applier of behavioral science principles and a "magician" employing  ...
Harold J. Leavitt, Louis R. Pondy, David M. Boje, 1989
4
Phenomenology of Chicana Experience and Identity: ...
As women, both heterosexual and lesbian, Chicanas are subjected by the male myth of La Malinche; both seek to recover and demythify her in their work in their activism, art, and intellectualism (Gonzalez 2000). Such an effort bears some ...
Jacqueline M. Martinez, 2000
5
From Tomochic to Las Jornadas Villistas: Literary and ...
According to Irene Matthews the meaning of this sentence is clear, as it exposes " the political poetics of oral history and the maternal ethic of 'truth' that brought Nellie Campobello to demythify the negative stories about her regional warriors ...
Anne M. McGee, 2008
6
New Novel, New Wave, New Politics: Fiction and the ...
that "those who sought to demythify saw content, and not form, as the means to secure their objective" (66, 70, emphasis in the original). Like Patrick Combes's study of the fictions of May 1968 (La Litterature et le mouvement de mai 68), ...
Lynn A. Higgins, 1998
7
Resisting Alienation: The Literary Work of Enrique Lihn
[We are going to demythify him, kid we will try to demythify you all of us even if we must show a lack of respect and in what a Mexican friend classified with shouts of terrorism we all shouted it was fun, a real coming together. But if this is about ...
Christopher Michael Travis, 2007
8
Luis Leal: An Auto/Biography
But, in my opinion, what Cisneros does in this story is not so much to demythify Zapata, but to demythify the macho Chicano-leader types that came out of the movement. Sandra's story has less to do with Mexican history than it has to do with ...
Mario T. García, 2010
9
Calvino and the Age of Neorealism: Fables of Estrangement
The fairy-tale structure adopted by Calvino in The Path in order to demythify the rhetoric of historicist mimesis, however, is not without a problematic aspect. As a " closed" narrative space — that is, an organic plot structured through reciprocally  ...
Lucia Re, 1990
10
Myth and Ritual in the Plays of Samuel Beckett
Beckett thus makes practical and ironic use of Chaplin's properties and gags to strip his characters of their absurd dignity — to demythify their attempts to pass the time or to make sense of that time. Beckett uses Charlie's derby, his oversized  ...
Katherine H. Burkman, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEMYTHIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term demythify is used in the context of the following news items.
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Demythify: Marvel Vs. Bleeding Cool Over All-New All-Different …
Demythify: Marvel Vs. Bleeding Cool Over All-New All-Different Marvel Leaks With Accusations Of Lying & Misogyny; Ethics & Ugliness In ... «Inside Pulse, Jul 15»
2
A Parallel History of America Through Filmmaker Debra Granik
I was wondering if your intention in some way was to demythify the role of patriarchies, and show us the importance of matriarchies, which is ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
3
Demythify: Convergence #8 Blown Opportunity? Convergence …
I've said since all the two-shot Convergence mini-series were announced that if there was one that would be integral to the core Convergence ... «Inside Pulse, Jun 15»
4
Demythify: DC Comics Convergence Spoilers: Heading Into …
Demythify: DC Comics Convergence Spoilers: Heading Into Convergence #6, Art From #7 & #8! Plus Who Are Tara, Machiste & Waverider? «Inside Pulse, May 15»
5
Demythify: DC Comics June 2015 Post-Convergence 8-Page Sneak …
Demythify: DC Comics June 2015 Post-Convergence 8-Page Sneak Peeks Back-Up Stories Revealed For All Of May 2015 Convergence Titles. «Inside Pulse, May 15»
6
Demythify: Post-Convergence DC Comics Green Lantern Spoilers …
Demythify: Post-Convergence DC Comics Green Lantern Spoilers: Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz & Jessica ... «Inside Pulse, Apr 15»
7
Demythify: Secret Wars 2015: Ready For Avengers Vs. Ultraforce II …
Demythify: Secret Wars 2015: Ready For Avengers Vs. Ultraforce II? Time For Marvel Comics To Integrate The Ultaverse & CrossGen! Spoilers ... «Inside Pulse, Apr 15»
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Demythify: DC Comics Reveals New 52 Futures End & Earth 2 …
Demythify: DC Comics Reveals New 52 Futures End & Earth 2 World's End Connection With Convergence #1 Spoilers! Who Is Telos? «Inside Pulse, Apr 15»
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Demythify: Last 3 Pages Rant & Spoilers! DC Comics' Batman …
Demythify: Last 3 Pages Rant & Spoilers! DC Comics' Batman Eternal #52, New 52 Futures End #48, Earth 2 World's End #26 & Convergence ... «Inside Pulse, Apr 15»
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Demythify: Bonus Top 5 DC Comics Convergence Two-Shot Mini …
Welcome to Demythify! I'm wrapping up my thoughts on the Convergence two-shots this week. As I noted two weeks ago, DC Comics is ... «Inside Pulse, Mar 15»

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