(n.) The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.
Example Sentences:
(1) Athletic elitism, the glorification of the human body, has succeeded religion as Marx's opium of the people.
(2) While I want him to lose and lose badly, the idea of seeing his face, hearing him talk and observing his glorification makes me want to hurl.
(3) Latent hostility seems to be more related to personal experiences with providers than is general glorification.
(4) The Islamist group Islam4UK, which planned a march through Wootton Bassett, and its "parent" organisation, al-Muhajiroun, will be banned under new legislation outlawing the "glorification" of terrorism, Alan Johnson announced today.
(5) Today, our common goal is to counter the glorification of Nazism, firmly counter attempts to revise the results of world war II and consequently fight any forms and manifestations of racism, xenophobia, aggressive nationalism and chauvinism.” The Serbian prime minister, Aleksandar Vucic, said there was no contradiction between his government’s aspirations for EU accession and its warm welcome for Putin.
(6) Fuelled by the self-made tycoon's incessant self-glorification and ferocious publicity campaigns, the headline successes over the years have sustained the myth of invincibility.
(7) This steadfast devotion to the political glorification of the Democratic party leader, at the expense of any pretense of journalism, has been evident at MSNBC for quite some time.
(8) He said he was concerned that the official centenary commemorations would be a continuation of the glorification of war.
(9) It’s glorification of slavery, on the night of a debate about colonial reparations, no less.” Cooper says that he was shocked when he saw the drink.
(10) Both Lafargue and Wilde would have been horrified if they'd realised that only 20 years later manual work itself would become an ideology in Labour and Communist parties, dedicating themselves to its glorification rather than abolition.
(11) It’s not a glorification of terrorism,” Gelb told NPR.
(12) As Silicon Valley keeps corrupting our language with its endless glorification of disruption and efficiency – concepts at odds with the vocabulary of democracy – our ability to question the "how" of politics is weakened.
(13) For them, beyond the team itself, loyalty, community and a romanticised glorification of the past are the ties that bind.
(14) Some of the new measures, on the other hand, such as those criminalising the glorification or encouragement of terrorism, proved to be a useful tool for investigators and prosecutors.
(15) Out went one-nation Conservatism; in came deep cuts, privatisation, the glorification of greed and globalisation.
(16) At the end of the Obama years, we get a glorification,” said Joshua Kendall, a presidential historian.
(17) Shami Chakrabarti, the director of Liberty, said the offence of "glorification" was so broad it meant the home secretary was now acquiring powers to determine which historical figures were terrorists and which freedom fighters.
(18) Several tens of ritual plates are preserved in Bulgaria on which elements of glorification are found of god Mithras who gained popularity particularly in the 1st-IIIrd century in the regions of Thrace and today's North Bulgaria, then provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire.
(19) The task force will look at changing gun laws, improving access to mental health care and at what Obama described as the glorification of violence in American culture.
(20) "I would consider myself completely anti-nostalgic in the sense of a glorification and simplification of the past," he says.
Glorifying
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glorify
Example Sentences:
(1) Other controversial voices were Barry Norman, who wondered if Williams’s battles with mental health led him to take on sentimental film projects, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose tweet reading “Genie, you’re free” was seen as glorifying suicide .
(2) The tone of Kim’s comments, which sought to glorify him and justify the test, is typical of state media propaganda.
(3) Levi's has withdrawn an advertising campaign that features a young man squaring up to riot police after a public outcry that it glorified the recent public disorder across the country.
(4) "Many commentators would now say that our mathematics in school is really glorified numeracy," he said.
(5) In the context of what he called the "normalisation of war", Bacevich argued that unchallenged, expanding American military superiority encouraged the use of force, accustomed "the collective mindset of the officer corps" to ideas of dominance, glorified warfare and the warrior and advanced the concept of "the moral superiority of the soldier" over the civilian.
(6) It’s first Fitbit Tracker was released that year, a glorified pedometer that looked like a clothes peg.
(7) What makes that so much worse, though, is that at exactly the same time that it was telling a court that the mission is too secret to permit such disclosure, the White House launched a coordinated campaign of selective media leaking that had only one purpose: to glorify the president for political gain.
(8) Inevitably, they are not to everyone's taste: educated Mexicans are scandalised by what they see as the debasement of a noble folk tradition, the Catholic Church has denounced corridistas for glorifying the drugs trade, and at least five Mexican states have banned radios from airing the music.
(9) Well, no, but the aim is that this big red sculpture, by the artist Anish Kapoor and the engineer Cecil Balmond, will do more than glorify its generous sponsor.
(10) What had started as a glorified in-joke had spawned a deal, a spot on Adult Swim’s kudos-coated singles compilation, and an air of anticipation ahead of their second full-length, Earth Suck.
(11) Its interior is a huge disappointment, and confirms the suspicion that the museum is a glorified sales aid for the Guggenheim brand.
(12) He wasn’t the kind of person to whom primetime news specials would dedicate 20 minutes and glorify with quotes from loved ones about his kind spirit or ceaseless determination to overcome an unfair affliction.
(13) Hanlin has refused to name the gunman out of deference to the victims and their families, and chastised the media for reporting his name, saying it “glorified” a murderer.
(14) The BBC sessions version of Hey is one of my favourite ever songs and to hear that, as the sun was trying to break through, almost made me forget the fact I'd lost my waterproof and was walking about sopping wet in a glorified bin-liner.
(15) Critics wonder if Crossrail will be a glorified tube.
(16) They need to glorify instead a peace and equity that is possible but which we have never known.
(17) "Let us be 100% clear: Content promoting or glorifying violence against women or anyone else has always been prohibited from Kickstarter.
(18) From ancient times to the present the abuse of women and children has occurred in societies that have had a structure hostile to other societies (e.g., war is glorified), hostile punitive attitudes to its own population (e.g., few civil liberties and rejection of the underclass), and depreciation of women.
(19) I don’t believe that if there’s a plebiscite which do cost a lot of money which are going out to what the people want if the people of Australia want that then I think it’s up to the parliament then to honour that commitment by the people.” McKenzie said: “I vote with my conscience on every issue and my conscience on this matter is that I would vote against same-sex marriage.” Liberal senator Cory Bernardi, who said on Wednesday he would never vote for same-sex marriage , derided the plebiscite as “a glorified opinion poll”.
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