demystify

Defeats in war tend to demystify governments that rule by fear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

He seeks to liberate Sondheim’s reputation from the encrustation of myth and to demystify his relationships, while offering a succinct analysis of his achievements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

The goal, he said, was to demystify those fascinating fungi that popped up on his grass after heavy winter rain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

"We're trying to demystify it, we're trying to explain how it works, what the benefits are and also what the safeguards are."

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

I wanted to demystify the ANC for them, to peel away their prejudices.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Sonic Playground, its newest permanent exhibit, demystifies the music-making process for people of all ages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025

For the last two years, she and the Seattle-based retailer produced “Cook Out,” a video series that demystifies outdoor cooking and spotlights food purveyors from around the Northwest.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

The writer and director Lorna Tucker draws from rare archival audio and home movies, elegantly assembling a portrait that both celebrates and demystifies her considerable legend.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

By being open about her autism, Woo defuses and demystifies it for neurotypical colleagues and clients.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

Kantar applies AI to a bank of human emotions recorded on film and assembled in the cloud and demystifies our real sentiments.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2021

Whereas most weird quantum behaviors are demystified by thinking of small particles as waves instead of minuscule balls, genuine quantum weirdness arises when you measure a quantum object.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023

By placing artists in service of public venues, both urban and rural, it demystified creative labor and brought local residents in dialogue with the insular community of artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023

He also "demystified" State House, by opening it up for many people including children and celebrities to visit and look round.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2022

As polyamory is increasingly demystified and destigmatized, especially among young people, a core reason that some people seek it out could arguably be relevant to all romantic relationships.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2021

We had deconstructed the content of media's stories, demystified its modes of transmission and learned to do it all for ourselves.

From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff

There’s something very powerful there: She’s demystifying a process that can still be shrouded in unnecessary secrecy, and making a choice many women have at least considered.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The new season, which drops weekly on the Tastemade YouTube channel, takes viewers back to the basics, helping them create scratch staples at home and demystifying some of the most intimidating aspects of home cooking.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

But Child became famous by demystifying it with her deep culinary knowledge, boundless enthusiasm, humor and honesty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

He received many accolades in his life for innovation in learning, including a national award in 2019 given by President Cyril Ramaphosa for his contribution to "teaching and demystifying mathematics and science".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024

Both voices, those idealizing and those demystifying the past, should be heard: We enslaved part of nature and took it upon ourselves to annihilate animals or, worse, change their genetic structure.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin