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demystify
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de·mys·ti·fy  (d-mst-f)
tr.v. de·mys·ti·fied, de·mys·ti·fy·ing, de·mys·ti·fies
To make less mysterious; clarify: an autobiography that demystified the career of an eminent physician.
de·mysti·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
de·mysti·fier n.
demystify
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[-fies, -fying, -fied] to remove the mystery from: he attempted to demystify the contemporary jargon of psychology
demystification n
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Verb1.demystify - make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about"
clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
mystify - make mysterious; "mystify the story"


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I especially liked the author's analyses of recent children's films, especially the discussion of Pocahontas and the commodification and "doctoring up" of history, and the demystification of childhood, adulthood, and consumerism in Toy Story.
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From Marlon Brando's impersonation of black performers in A Streetcar Named Desire, to the demystification of whiteness in Fargo, to the drastic reversal of black and white roles in He Got Game, we can see this influence working clearly.
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