glorification
glorification Lexical Profile
glorification Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action of describing or representing something as admirable, noble, or worthy of praise, especially when that praise is exaggerated or unjustified.
"Critics argued that the film's romanticized portrayal amounted to a dangerous glorification of reckless behavior."
High praise, honor, and worship directed toward God or a deity; in Christian theology, the final stage of salvation in which believers are transformed into the likeness of Christ.
"The choir's sacred hymns were composed for the glorification of the divine."
• Rhymes for glorification
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French glorificacion or Late Latin glorificationem, a noun of action from the verb glorificare ('to make glorious'), combining Latin gloria ('fame, honor') and facere ('to make').