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glorification

[glawr-uh-fi-key-shuhn, glohr-] / ˌglɔr ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌgloʊr- /
NOUN
act of glorifying
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Strongmen have coveted this game for nearly as long as the World Cup has existed, attempting to bend a sport that belongs to everyone into the glorification of one man.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Recall also the Covid-era glorification of “quiet quitting”—in which employees simply stop doing the jobs they were contracted to do—and the scores of think pieces claiming that Americans’ “work-life balance” is less than optimal.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

But over the years, everyone accused of involvement in Kanwar’s death and the glorification that followed has been cleared by courts.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2024

Indeed, the glorification may well have been of the composer himself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2024

Aureliano Segundo, startled at that unbridled glorification of his father-in-law, could not resist the temptation to make small jokes behind his wife’s back.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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