Glamorize
verb
Make something seem more desirable or attractive than it really is.
Media often glamorizes the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
Often appears as...
- glamorize violence
- glamorize the idea
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Disapproving
verb
Give an attractive or exciting quality to ordinary things.
The movie glamorizes the hard work of coal miners.
Often appears as...
- glamorize hard work
- glamorize the ordinary
Usage tips
Approving
verb
Make something seem more desirable or attractive than it really is.
Media often glamorizes the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
Often appears as...
- glamorize violence
- glamorize the idea
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
Give an attractive or exciting quality to ordinary things.
The movie glamorizes the hard work of coal miners.
Often appears as...
- glamorize hard work
- glamorize the ordinary
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Media Influence
Understand that 'glamorize' often appears in discussions critiquing media's portrayal of reality.
Critics say that films glamorize smoking.
Pro Tip 2/3False Appeal
'Glamorize' implies adding a deceptive or misleading charm to something not typically admired.
Advertising can glamorize unhealthy foods.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Thinking
Be skeptical of 'glamorize' in contexts; assess if it reflects reality or distorts it.
The article glamorizes startup culture, ignoring the challenges.
Pro Tip 1/3Media Influence
Understand that 'glamorize' often appears in discussions critiquing media's portrayal of reality.
Critics say that films glamorize smoking.
Pro Tip 2/3False Appeal
'Glamorize' implies adding a deceptive or misleading charm to something not typically admired.
Advertising can glamorize unhealthy foods.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Thinking
Be skeptical of 'glamorize' in contexts; assess if it reflects reality or distorts it.
The article glamorizes startup culture, ignoring the challenges.
Pro Tip 1/3Media Influence
Understand that 'glamorize' often appears in discussions critiquing media's portrayal of reality.
Critics say that films glamorize smoking.
Pro Tip 2/3False Appeal
'Glamorize' implies adding a deceptive or misleading charm to something not typically admired.
Advertising can glamorize unhealthy foods.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Thinking
Be skeptical of 'glamorize' in contexts; assess if it reflects reality or distorts it.
The article glamorizes startup culture, ignoring the challenges.
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Quote examples
Mike Huckabee
American Politician
Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock.
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Jay-Z
American Musician
I never wanted to just glamorize the playa lifestyle and not touch on the down side. I wanted everyone who's in a desperate situation to know that, if they wanna choose that kinda lifestyle, they gotta be aware of everything that comes with it! It's not just about the cars, the ladies and the money.
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Rebecca Hall
English Actress
There are a lot of movies about misfits that are quite cool, that kind of glamorize it on some level. I think there are fewer films, certainly with a lady at the center, about the agony of what it's like to feel like you're not accepted, and you're different, and somehow you're weird.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's kinda a bogus way to go out. But I try to do this quietly. I'm not about to go around telling people how they should or shouldn't think. My feminism is for me.
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Beth Ditto
American Musician
You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally taking t-shirts in the day and sewing them back together to make dresses for the night.
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Lydia Lunch
American Musician
The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom.
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Peter Saul
American Artist
I enjoy finding a low subject and bringing it up high. I think with strong technique, you can glamorize certain things. You can make the imagery sharper, rounder, and basically better looking.
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Matthew Vaughn
American Producer
I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
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Victor Banerjee
Indian Actor
While representing violence on screen, some directors tend to gloss over it while others glamorize it.
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Brianna Wu
American Businesswoman
Let's not glamorize abuse.
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Mike Huckabee
American Politician
Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock.
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Jay-Z
American Musician
I never wanted to just glamorize the playa lifestyle and not touch on the down side. I wanted everyone who's in a desperate situation to know that, if they wanna choose that kinda lifestyle, they gotta be aware of everything that comes with it! It's not just about the cars, the ladies and the money.
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Rebecca Hall
English Actress
There are a lot of movies about misfits that are quite cool, that kind of glamorize it on some level. I think there are fewer films, certainly with a lady at the center, about the agony of what it's like to feel like you're not accepted, and you're different, and somehow you're weird.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's kinda a bogus way to go out. But I try to do this quietly. I'm not about to go around telling people how they should or shouldn't think. My feminism is for me.
Quote examples
Beth Ditto
American Musician
You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally taking t-shirts in the day and sewing them back together to make dresses for the night.
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Lydia Lunch
American Musician
The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom.
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Peter Saul
American Artist
I enjoy finding a low subject and bringing it up high. I think with strong technique, you can glamorize certain things. You can make the imagery sharper, rounder, and basically better looking.
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Matthew Vaughn
American Producer
I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
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Victor Banerjee
Indian Actor
While representing violence on screen, some directors tend to gloss over it while others glamorize it.
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Brianna Wu
American Businesswoman
Let's not glamorize abuse.
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