as in to glamourize
to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant
a movie that does its best to glamour up the field of archaeology
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idealize
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For decades, mainstream psychological theories have idealized stability as the hallmark of a healthy relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025 -
Lutnick and Trump both idealize the American economy of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an era of dramatic industrial growth supported by muscular state protectionism.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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“Glamour (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glamour%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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