glorification

American  

[glawr-uh-fi-key-shuhn, glohr-] / ˌglɔr ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌgloʊr- /

noun

1. a glorified or more splendid form of something.

2. the act of glorifying.

3. the state of being glorified.

4. exaltation to the glory of heaven.

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Other Word Forms

• deglorification noun
• reglorification noun
• self-glorification noun

Etymology

Origin of glorification

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin glōrificātiōn- (stem of glōrificātiō ), equivalent to glōrific ( āre ) to glorify + -ātiōn- -ation

Example Sentences

After its glorification was made illegal, the group dropped sati from its name.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

In hot water with Stalin for his more modernist music, with its gloom-and-doom sarcasm, the Russian composer needed a helping of straightforward Soviet glorification.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

Some of those popular expositions were criticized by historians for inaccurate claims and deliberate glorification of Russian rulers and their conquests.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

"The problem lies in our society’s continued glorification of busyness and normalization of sleep deprivation."

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2024

Second, doesn’t addressing Yali’s question automatically involve a Eurocentric approach to history, a glorification of western Europeans, and an obsession with the prominence of western Europe and Europeanized America in the modern world?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond