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glorification

glorification

3 6.5
Giving great praise and honor to a person or thing
  • noun
  • /ˌɡlɔːrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
translation icon : glorificación
  • Christ's work as a servant, set against his eventual glorification and revelation as equal to the Father, complements his initial glory in eternity.
  • glorification of God

But what I'd like the viewers to not tell right is that it wasn't about my own personal glorification.

Examples

  • Nowhere is this more true than in the glorification of sports "heroes."

    Blog text (33)

  • According to the guidebook, Tintoretto's portrait of a Venetian woman is a glorification of wealth and station rather than a character study.

  • It's it's it's the glorification of the nation as the power that rules the world.

  • Either way, they should not have been candidates for glorification in We Remember.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The purpose of most of the seal designs, therefore, appears to have been a glorification of the gods represented.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The pope was distressed by the glorification in Rome of the "cross that was the enemy of Christianity."

    Academic text (1998)

  • For a priestess, dressing up for a ritual occasion is an expression of faith in and a glorification of her deity.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The image carries no explicit partisan message, but is nonetheless politically potent through its glorification of the worker.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Her new book is a stunning glorification of the beauty and power of nature.

  • The film was criticized for its glorification of violence and war.

Synonyms

praise
vsglorification
75 3.9

Words or actions showing respect for a god

focuses on broad public honoring rather than private religious devotion
adulation
vsglorification
  • Formal
18 8.4

Too much praise that is not honest and meant to get approval

is sincere high honor rather than flattering or self-serving praise
veneration
vsglorification
  • Formal
4 7.8

Strong respect for someone or something, often shown in a religious way

is broader, covering high praise in many secular or public contexts
deification
vsglorification
2 9.5

Treating a person or thing as if they were a god

is less extreme, meaning high honor but not literal godmaking
exaltation
vsglorification
1 8.7

The act of making a person into a god

covers high honor generally without necessarily implying divine elevation
idolization
vsglorification
  • US
1 6.8

Strong admiration that makes someone seem perfect

is public honoring rather than private obsessive admiration
valorization
vsglorification
  • Formal
1 9.1

To praise someone or something and make people see them as more important

is the general act of showing great honor rather than raising value
extolment
vsglorification
  • Literature
9.9

A lot of praise for someone or something

is the same honoring act but in everyday or neutral language

Antonyms

denigration
  • Offensive
5 8.4

Unfair criticism that makes someone or their work seem bad

disparagement
3 8.1

Talking about someone in a way that shows dislike and makes them seem unimportant

How Praised

deification
2 9.5
glorification
3 6.5
acclaim
30 4.2
praise
161 1.0
compliment
342 1.6

Surface Forms

glorification singular
glorifications plural

Morphology

glorification = glorify (transparent) = glory + ify + ation

The noun is a regular derivation from 'glorify' with the suffix '-ation', so the meaning is straightforwardly recoverable from the base verb.

Etymology

Glorification comes from the Latin word gloria meaning 'glory' and a part that means 'to make' (-fication). So to glorify someone is to 'make them glorious', which is why glorification means giving great honor or praise.