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glorification

[ US /ˌɡɫɔɹəfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˌɡɫɔɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɡlˌɔːɹɪfɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of glorifying (as in worship)
    the glorification of God
  2. a portrayal of something as ideal
    the idealization of rural life was very misleading
  3. a state of high honor
    he valued glory above life itself

How To Use glorification In A Sentence

  • In the moralistic atmosphere of 1950s Hollywood, it was tricky to present Colette's account of the risqué demimondaine, and its glorification of the courtesans who relied on wealthy playboys and aristocrats to live in a state of opulence. France's Courtesan Queen Returns to the Silver Screen
  • And so it went, verses new and old, verses without end, all in glorification of the succulent shellfish of Carmel. CHAPTER VIII
  • Where are Bukowski's trademark soliloquies of goatish self-glorification? Visiting a Land Beyond Fodor's Reach
  • Gordon's characterization of previous Aurobindo biographies as "hagiographies," that is, as attempts to "read back the holy man into the earlier stages of his career" p. ix, and distinguishes these from his own intention to steer clear of glorification. Archive 2005-11-01
  • Celebrate our Australianness by showing our usual mistrustful, self-deprecating, egalitarian, good-natured detestation of all such symbols of overt self-glorification.
  • Alpha moms are so determined to make a project out of everything, they are not considering or loving the child, who becomes an object of status or self-glorification.
  • It is better to sit down in a modest ignorance, and rest contented with the natural blessing of our own reasons, than by the uncertain knowledge of this life with sweat and vexation, which death gives every fool gratis, and is an accessary of our glorification. Religio Medici
  • Worshipers repeat their glorification of God and prostration three times.
  • The glorification of greed is causing a disconnect between the interests of the few and the well-being of the many.
  • No terror glorification here, just an unfortunate Pollyannaism The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
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