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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
demystify
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The course seeks to demystify the loan application process for people buying a home for the first time.
▪ The pamphlet demystifies the mortgage process.
▪ This new book demystifies some of the computer language currently in use.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A key point is the need to raise public awareness and to demystify science and technology.
▪ But Welch demystified it by basing it on a clear, well-articulated vision and the right principles.
▪ He promised to demystify the all-powerful presidency and make it more accountable to congress and the voter.
▪ It involves no recourse to sophistry, and it demystifies and strips of sensationalism the termination of the use of artificial support.
▪ Moreover, it is socially important for the way that it demystifies such manoeuvres.
▪ The books demystify language teaching theory, and provide invaluable background knowledge which will extend professional skills.
▪ The process has been demystified and brought within the gambit of the familiar laboratory discourse.
▪ We saw it as an opportunity to demystify the male worlds of plumbing, electricity and carpentry.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
demystify

1963; see de- + mystify. Related: Demystified; demystifying.

Wiktionary
demystify

vb. (context transitive English) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

WordNet
demystify

  1. v. make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about" [ant: mystify]

  2. [also: demystified]

Usage examples of "demystify".

Moonlight edged the wavelets with silver, and among those gleams it seemed he could see reflected the broken curve of his life: a kid living for Christmas, drawing pictures, receiving praise, growing up mindless to high school, sex, and drugs, growing beyond that, beginning to draw pictures again, and then, right where you might expect the curve to assume a more meaningful shape, it was sheared off, left hanging, its process demystified and explicable.

The constables saw our EPA sigils and demystified a stretch of tape so we could cross the line.

Still, by inviting them into their city, by trading with them, working with them, and learning how they lived, the Riverens demystified the Haladina.

They hacked at it, bringing it down to size, demystifying it, bit by bit, until much of its horror was dissipated.