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glamorization

American  
[glam-er-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌglæm ər aɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act, process, or result of glamorizing.


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Shadowing many of the works on view is the longer history of war and its representation in art, including its glamorization in painting and by artists with overtly nationalist agendas.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022

Hari Nef, an actress, who was also at the show, wrote on Instagram that she saw it as “more a provocative reminder of submission than a glamorization of insanity.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019

It’s more than possible that Andem isn’t instructed by Mark Zuckerberg and the like to play up Instagram and Messenger in her characters’ lives, but the result, regardless, is a glamorization of those products.

From Slate ● May 22, 2018

The actress also considered her own culpability in the glamorization of violence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2018

Engaged parents generally feel they can counteract any glamorization of violence with their own behavior, and a frank and open discussion of the issues.

From Time ● Dec. 4, 2015

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