To make something appear more glamorous, attractive, or sophisticated than it really is; to present something in an idealized or enhanced way.
From 'glamor' plus the productive verbal suffix '-ize,' which creates verbs meaning 'to make' or 'to cause to become' the quality described in the root word.
Advertisers glamorize everyday products constantly—they don't sell you soap, they sell you the glamorized fantasy of being the sophisticated person who uses that soap in a beautiful bathroom!
The verb 'glamorize' inherits gendered history from 'glamor'; often weaponized to critique women's visibility (glamorizing mental illness, glamorizing thinness) with less scrutiny of equivalent male behavior.
Apply to behaviors, aesthetics, or narratives regardless of gender. Examine whether critique targets the person's appearance or actual consequences.
["romanticize","mythologize","idealize"]
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