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
  • McMaster’s formulation, like Trump’s exaltation of selfishness, rests on profound ignorance of the true sources of American strength.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Mars is in its exaltation in Capricorn, making this transit even more productive and empowering.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the hardships, the loving childhood environment propels young Melvin Kaminsky to break out into show business, change his name, and seek global adoration.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That disconnect, between fan adoration and critical praise, poses a challenge that Scott does seem interested in conquering.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 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
  • Grief is difficult, as is hawk training, and Lowthorpe’s film treats both with proper reverence.
    Adam Graham, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Crucially, the police don’t receive this reverence.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The first is the magnification (also called power); 10x is 10 times bigger than what the naked eye sees.
    Jase Parnell-Brookes, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • With magnification and practice, some could read small print.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 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
  • Following album promotions in the spring and a potential anniversary encore concert in the summer, the group may offer clearer signals about their future.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Effective immediately, the policy will allow athletes of MHSAA-member schools to capitalize on NIL through individual opportunities such as endorsements and promotions, personal appearances, modeling and autograph signings.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Try driving eastward, on Palmetto Park Road or Glades or Camino Real, to get to City Hall, the downtown library, Mizner Park, places of worship in east Boca or to our beautiful beaches.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Investigators said the shooter or shooters fled from the house of worship, likely traveling north on Redwood Road.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026

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“Glorification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glorification. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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