glorification

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Recent Examples of glorification What’s troubling is the gradual and persistent normalization of eating disorder culture, which includes the glorification of one specific body type to the exclusion and detriment of others. Michelle Konstantinovsky, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025 Critics said the jeans campaign amounted to a dog whistle for eugenics and a glorification of whiteness. Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 Though the district quickly announced the shirts were a math joke and unrelated to Kirk, conservatives and some Republican officials from around the country amplified the image and portrayed it as a glorification of political violence. Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 9 Nov. 2025 Genuine peace requires rewriting textbooks, ending propaganda, and ceasing the glorification of violence. Artak Beglaryan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025 The portrayal of indigenous people was riddled with stereotypes and other problematic story elements, including the glorification of suicide. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glorification
Noun
  • At our core is the exaltation of free speech, expression and personal liberty.
    Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In the lead-up to this moment, Venus squares Uranus on February 8 before entering Pisces, the sign of her exaltation, on February 10.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The retreat will include interactive talks, personal time for couples’ reflection and discussion, a continental breakfast and catered lunch, and adoration with a special blessing for the couples.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • My list is filled with personal adoration for each of these plants.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The show, which originally confined itself to the claustrophobic ecosystem of the trading floor, has expanded to include the grubby workings of British media and politics, and to show the intersection of the country’s landed aristocracy with other, newer forms of class aggrandizement.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
  • And there were many others in the floundering nation-states of Asia and Africa who succumbed to the American ideology of individual aggrandizement and self-cherishing.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That reverence for education is a reason Singapore’s schools may be the best in the world, with those of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan also in the mix.
    Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Reginald Cunningham and his photography, @KidNoble, and Gee Horton’s photorealistic drawings [have all] found a way to tell our stories, cementing moments of cultural reverence.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This is a good time to mention iOS and Android both have a plethora of accessibility settings for people who need assistance with vision (text magnification or better contrast) or hearing issues (live captions) or who need assistance using the touch screen accurately or some other issues.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Their body is soft, and under magnification, is distinctly segmented.
    Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Two of his followers were the parents of Kim Il Sung, and Cheng tracks how a family’s faith and American proselytizing became the roots of Kimilsungism, the ideology elevating the rulers of North Korea to a nearly deified state of veneration.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The removal of the skull, according to study authors, signifies an act of remembrance, social memory, and ancestral veneration.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Hilton All-Inclusive Resorts Book by March 31, 2026, to take advantage of Hilton’s Kids & Teens Stay Free promotion at select all-inclusive resorts.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Her armbar finishes and cage charisma singlehandedly prompted White to begin promotion of women's MMA, with Rousey at the center of his plans.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But with Sleep No More, premiering in Berlin’s Special Midnight section this week, the director makes a headlong plunge into horror — infusing the genre with black comedy and a pointed critique of humanity’s slavish worship of capitalism.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Gartside seemed aware of a certain potential for racial condescension in his worship of Franklin and unsure of how to resolve it, struggling to offer an explanation that satisfied him of her role in the cosmology of Cupid and Psyche 85.
    Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026

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“Glorification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glorification. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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