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glamourize

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glam·or·ize also glam·our·ize  (glm-rz)
tr.v. glam·or·ized also glam·our·ized, glam·or·iz·ing also glam·our·iz·ing, glam·or·iz·es also glam·our·iz·es
1. To make glamorous: tried to glamorize the bathroom with expensive fixtures.
2. To treat or portray in a romantic manner; idealize or glorify: a show that glamorizes police work.
glamor·i·zation (-r--zshn) n.
glamor·izer n.
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Verb1.glamourize - make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"
glamorise, glamorize, glamourise
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"


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It's a very difficult area--I'm not trying to glamourize it, either--but I'm interested in slums because I think something very specific happens in this informal world, which is powerful and that needs better understanding.
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Yet even as we marvel at their brilliance and their persistence, their performance and their triumphs--not to mention their compensation packages--it is tempting to glamourize the careers of these executives, as if they are merely heroines in a fairy tale of corporate meritocracy.
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