The process of making something appear more glamorous, attractive, or sophisticated than it actually is.
Formed from 'glamor' plus the suffix '-ization,' a productive English suffix that turns verbs into nouns describing the process or result of an action.
The glamorization of smoking in old movies is a perfect example—filmmakers made cigarettes look cool and sophisticated, which influenced real people even though the reality was health dangers and addiction!
When applied selectively to women (glamorizing violence by female criminals, glamorizing female body standards), 'glamorization' reflects gendered scrutiny. Male figures receive equivalent behavior reframed as 'legendary' or 'iconic' with less moral panic.
Apply the same critical standard to glamorization regardless of gender. Evaluate whether the critique itself is gendered (e.g., 'she glamorizes violence' vs. he 'embodies rebellion').
["romanticization","mythologizing","idealization"]
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