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glamorize, glamorise sometimes US, glamourize [ˈglæməˌraɪz] vb
(tr) to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify glamorization , glamorisation n glamorizer , glamoriser n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations glamorize vt → idealisieren, einen glamourösen Anstrich geben (+dat); job, lifestyle also → einen besonderen Glanz or Reiz verleihen (+dat); (author) war, violence → glorifizieren, verherrlichen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There's a popular culture that glamorizes the thug lifestyle, and there's a lack of a strong social and cultural network to look out for kids in trouble and intervene where necessary. If Larsson merely glamorizes deviant but toxic sexual behavior, then hers is a vacant style, like fashion's once trendy "heroin chic. At least since the chase in 1968's Bullitt--in which Steve McQueen also dangerously glamorizes cops who play by their own rules--virtually every movie has featured the sort of unsafe motoring that keeps driver ed teachers up at night. |
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