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

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

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

But many Ghanaians have been mocking its installation - outside a hospital in the city of Sekondi - seeing it as "self glorification".

From BBC

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

From BBC

So much of popular culture is built around the glorification of the star.

From Los Angeles Times