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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
From Gordon Gekko and Jordan Belfort to Logan Roy and Bobby Axelrod, Hollywood and the media have glamorized the wealthy who have conquered the investment banking world.
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Gene Marks, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The videos, often made in a day-in-the-life format popular with vloggers, sought to glamorize daily life in Neom’s industrial apartments and a dining hall that drew comparisons on social media to prisons and military bases.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Unlike many in country music who tend to glamorize every second of America’s past, Rice wanted to start seeing the other side.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
Denis O'Hare's Liz Taylor is the show's first transgender character, and is famously glamorized by none other than Lady Gaga's character, the Countess.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
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Gene Marks, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The videos, often made in a day-in-the-life format popular with vloggers, sought to glamorize daily life in Neom’s industrial apartments and a dining hall that drew comparisons on social media to prisons and military bases.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Unlike many in country music who tend to glamorize every second of America’s past, Rice wanted to start seeing the other side.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2024
Denis O'Hare's Liz Taylor is the show's first transgender character, and is famously glamorized by none other than Lady Gaga's character, the Countess.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glamorize
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Brands clinging to idealized images risk alienating their customers.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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This idealized notion of fragile Southern womanhood was used to justify the Jim Crow system of segregation for decades.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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Back at the farm, Bee can’t help but feel attracted to Knox, Bee’s ex, and romanticize the pleasures of rural life.Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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And, whereas the Republicans romanticize a bygone world, the R.N. is keen to present itself as a forward-looking concern.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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The bank robber and murderer Charles Arthur (Pretty Boy) Floyd, whose crimes spanned Ohio, Oklahoma, and Missouri during the Great Depression, idolized James as a Wild West spin on Robin Hood.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline.Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Glamorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamorize. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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