demythologize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=my=thol=o=gize

OXFORD DICTIONARY

demythologize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 remove mythical elements from (a legend, famous person's life, etc.).
2 reinterpret what some consider to be the mythological elements in (the Bible).

THESAURUS

demythologize

account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, crack, decipher, demonstrate, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, give reason for, give the meaning, illuminate, illustrate, make clear, make plain, popularize, rationalize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel