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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glorification British  

/ ˌɡlɔːrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of glorifying or state of being glorified

2. informal an enhanced or favourably exaggerated version or account

3. informal a celebration

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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

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

But over the years, everyone accused of involvement in Kanwar’s death and the glorification that followed has been cleared by courts.

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

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