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glamorize

especially British, ²µ±ō²¹³¾Ā·“dzܰłĀ·¾±²õ±š
Or ²µ±ō²¹³¾Ā·“dzܰłĀ·¾±³ś±š

[glam-uh-rahyz]

verb (used with object)

glamorized, glamorizing 
  1. to make glamorous.

  2. to glorify or romanticize.

    an adventure film that tended to glamorize war.



glamorize

/ ˈɔ±ōƦ³¾É™ĖŒ°ł²¹ÉŖ³ś /

verb

  1. (tr) to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • glamorization noun
  • glamorizer noun
  • overglamorize verb (used with object)
  • overglamourize verb (used with object)
  • unglamorized adjective
  • unglamourized adjective
  • ˌ²µ±ō²¹³¾“ǰł¾±Ėˆ³ś²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
  • ˈ²µ±ō²¹³¾“ǰłĖŒ¾±³ś±š°ł noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of glamorize1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; glamor ( def. ) + -ize
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Booth glamorizes the hustle, but Lincoln lived the dangers.

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The case stems from a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles alleging that the unit was run by a ā€œSWAT Mafiaā€ of influential veteran cops who ā€œglamorize the use of lethal force.ā€

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Our blood-engorged media — video games, music, the big and small screens — don’t just normalize violence but glamorize and celebrate it.

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ā€œGuns were so glamorized. It was probably my biggest obsession ... dreaming about guns, drawing pictures of them,ā€ he says.

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But Bernstein’s rise, recently glamorized in the Oscar-nominated ā€œMaestro,ā€ showed that conductors from the United States could compete with their finest counterparts across the Atlantic.

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