Meaning

1 senses

  1. To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

    The article was written to demystify the mechanics of the internal combustion engine.

    entmystifizieren

    проясня́тьprojasnjátʹ, проясни́тьprojasnítʹ

    make less mysterious or remove the mystery from

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Healthy discussions can demystify many topics.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to explain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to explain:

Origin

From French démystifier, or de- + mystify.

From French démystifier, or de- + mystify.

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Forms

demystifies, demystifying, demystified, demystified
Base formdemystify · to demystify
3rd person singulardemystifies
Present participledemystifying
Past simpledemystified
Past participledemystified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydemystify
he, she, itdemystifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdemystified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave demystified
he, she, ithas demystified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill demystify

Antonyms

1 antonyms
mystify

Word family

2 related words
DeriveddemystificationC2demystifier

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
demurdemuredendenguedenial
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