Disneyfy
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Disneyfy
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; Disney ( def. ) + -fy
Example Sentences
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“This will Disneyfy a sacred place. Imagine a huge cable car flying over the Vatican and dumping tourists in front of St. Peter’s. It’s unprecedented.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2018
Despite all the petty efforts to Disneyfy what the ages have dignified, The Living Desert remains a triumphantly beautiful film.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mostly they romanticize the Vegas that was, before the corporations moved in to Disneyfy and democratize gambling.
From Time Magazine Archive
But that video, obtained by TMZ, shows why she was never a suitable choice to lead this Disneyfied romance fantasy.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
A short preview of the experience was Disneyfied fun: immersion in a landscape whose inhabitants included giant dragonflies, a Pteranodon, a group of long-necked Astrodon and agile hadrosaurs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2025
Academics at the national level worried it would ruin nearby battlefields and present a Disneyfied version of history, and others spoke out against economic incentives offered by Virginia.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023
As opposed to Matteo Garrone’s recent gorgeous take or Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming stop-motion reimagining, which take aesthetic liberties, Zemeckis isn’t adapting Carlo Collodi’s 19th century fable but the previously Disneyfied version of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
The money aside, Mr. Murphy may have decided that he had a better chance of creating new shows with minimal interference from above at Netflix, rather than at a Disneyfied version of 21st Century Fox.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2018
Critics attacked English Heritage earlier this year for "Disneyfying" Tintagel's Arthurian connections after the charity commissioned a likeness of Merlin carved into the cliffs at the site.
From National Geographic
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