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also glamourize
as in to idealize
to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant
most people glamorize fame, not thinking of the lack of privacy that accompanies it
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Recent Examples of glamorize
The song was seen as glamorizing Nazi ideology, antisemitism and Hitler.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
Often, fires are depicted in an overly dramatic or glamorized way, but each home represents a person’s life.
—Time Photo Department, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
My journey will be publicized and glamorized, but my evolution process is sacred to me.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
There has been much discussion about whether the genre glamorizes or interrogates female pain, or a little of both, or whether books by and about women with feelings that are important enough to be written about needs a label at all.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
Often, fires are depicted in an overly dramatic or glamorized way, but each home represents a person’s life.
—Time Photo Department, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
My journey will be publicized and glamorized, but my evolution process is sacred to me.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
There has been much discussion about whether the genre glamorizes or interrogates female pain, or a little of both, or whether books by and about women with feelings that are important enough to be written about needs a label at all.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glamorize
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The figures aren’t necessarily idealized forms though.—
Emilie Hardman,
JSTOR Daily,
6 May 2026
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Unlike some of his artistic peers, who idealized studios and showcases in New York or Europe, Chambers never wanted to leave Altadena.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Learn a trade anyway There is a version of nostalgia that is merely self-serving—the successful person who made it in an earlier era romanticizing the conditions that made their success possible.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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That said, his matter-of-factness may well help to ground a show that tends to over-romanticize.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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Grey walls are softened with light-wood chevron floors, and the interiors play with colors and textures.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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The Premier League and EFL are still sorting through the details of future parachute payments, which are intended to soften the financial blow of being relegated.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
19 May 2026
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Still, Fonseca idolized Kuerten so much that the teen once tried a one-handed backhand.—
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Many of us grew up idolizing astronauts as the best of the best that America — and other nations — have to offer.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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“Glamorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamorize. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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