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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.
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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
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
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At our core is the exaltation of free speech, expression and personal liberty.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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My list is filled with personal adoration for each of these plants.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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The Cave of Munits is an easy place to reconnect with your childlike wonder, but please explore with respect and reverence for the place.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Two librarians speak of their time at the 135th Street Library in Harlem, with an inspiring reverence for the space and their position within it.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Their body is soft, and under magnification, is distinctly segmented.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
3 Feb. 2026
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The beauty of binoculars Of course, city stargazers have a not-so-secret weapon in their war against light pollution — the light-gathering power and magnification of binoculars.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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Cody Powers said that his mother wore State Farm sweatshirts and T-shirts and entered every promotion the company offered.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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The moves come a week into the tenure of CEO Michael Fiddelke, who joined the company in 2003 as an intern — and whose promotion has been met with skepticism by investors who were hoping for some outside blood and, with it, fresh ideas.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Sixty-five warming spaces — located at hospitals, houses of worship and schools — are active around town throughout the weekend, with warming buses also parked outside many of the hospitals and also transit hubs.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Moving the church into a dedicated worship space will free up the gym and allow local Assyrians to start turning the building into a community gathering place, said Ashur Shiba, a Morton Grove village trustee and executive director of the grassroots group Vote Assyrian.—
Marie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Glorification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glorification. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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