cosmeticize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cosmeticize
Example Sentences
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He holds down a plodding job as a traveling salesman of schoolbooks that cosmeticize the '60s and neglect to mention evolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Impeccably coiffed and cosmeticized, and dressed in a series of inexplicably burkalike turtlenecks, McCarthy projects undeniable zing in “The Boss,” which was directed and co-written by her husband, Ben Falcone.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2016
We had, I realized, witnessed a side of vodun far different from the cosmeticized version on display at the Temple of Pythons.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2012
The biggest magnet for visitors is L.B.J.'s elaborately cosmeticized "Boyhood Home," a Texas Historical Landmark, which after three years of operation greeted its 200,000th visitor last summer.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is hardly surprising that The Waltons, a cosmeticized version of Depression childhood before the advent of the Now world, is one of childhood's favorite TV programs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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