glorification
Americannoun
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a glorified or more splendid form of something.
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the act of glorifying.
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the state of being glorified.
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exaltation to the glory of heaven.
noun
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the act of glorifying or state of being glorified
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informal an enhanced or favourably exaggerated version or account
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informal a celebration
Other Word Forms
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
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Strongmen have coveted this game for nearly as long as the World Cup has existed, attempting to bend a sport that belongs to everyone into the glorification of one man.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Recall also the Covid-era glorification of “quiet quitting”—in which employees simply stop doing the jobs they were contracted to do—and the scores of think pieces claiming that Americans’ “work-life balance” is less than optimal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
No amount of glorification will save the Constitution unless we address the underlying causes of what Yale Law School professor Jack Balkin calls “constitutional rot.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
Gray calls this attitude part of “conspicuous resilience,” conflating being temporarily displaced and inconvenienced with being oppressed and vulnerable, leading to the celebration and glorification of a recovery that mostly benefits the few.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
While the tzaddik cared for the conduct of the world, for the obtaining of heavenly grace, and especially for Israel’s preservation and glorification, his adherents had to cultivate three kinds of virtues.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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