prettification
- a word derived from prettify.
Example Sentences
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The problem with the prettification of mental illness is just how out-of-kilter it is with reality.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
They have a similar directness, clarity, and elegance—but elegance with no prettification or softening from life’s coarser episodes.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2014
Those familiar with the Frankie Goes to Hollywood original might balk at the heterosexualised prettification of a formerly complex and multifaceted song, but here there are a few game arms waving from side to side.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2013
Perhaps to retaliate against the prettification of many classic children’s stories, prominent artists are drawn to recasting such works in more somber hues.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2010
But printing pictures in color, in any medium, was considered a weakening of the fiber—an excursion into prettification or floridity.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob
