Pygmalion
noun
Pyg·ma·lion
pig-ˈmāl-yən 
-ˈmā-lē-ən
: a king of Cyprus who makes a female figure of ivory that is brought to life for him by Aphrodite
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Adding to the merriment is an accompanying music video inspired by the Greek myth of Pygmalion.
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Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The designer also worked his signature sawtooth stripe into fabrics and created a wallpaper mural called Pygmalion, a grand, theatrical design with curtains, a classical temple, giant artichokes, Rococo dolphins, fennel, garlic bulbs and mollusk shells, strings of pearls and feathers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 25 June 2024
Love is one in Pygmalion when the cuties Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prince Jr. stop being polite and start getting real.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 May 2023
Like Pygmalion, Pelletier carved her second great love into being.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
Note the Pygmalion effect, by which others’ expectations of a person affect that person’s performance, in a self-fulfilling prophecy for success—or failure.
—Katherine Manuel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
A lot of things would have turned out different if Capote had spent 1967 writing Answered Prayers instead of playing Pygmalion.
—Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 28 Jan. 2022
Playwright George Bernard Shaw, who won a Best Screenplay Oscar for the adaptation of his play Pygmalion in 1938, was awarded his Nobel Prize in 1925, long before the movie.
—Jeva Lange, The Week, 7 Oct. 2021
By the way, both movies are actually remakes, because the story is based on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
—Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 28 Aug. 2021
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Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The designer also worked his signature sawtooth stripe into fabrics and created a wallpaper mural called Pygmalion, a grand, theatrical design with curtains, a classical temple, giant artichokes, Rococo dolphins, fennel, garlic bulbs and mollusk shells, strings of pearls and feathers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 25 June 2024
Love is one in Pygmalion when the cuties Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prince Jr. stop being polite and start getting real.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 May 2023
Like Pygmalion, Pelletier carved her second great love into being.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
Note the Pygmalion effect, by which others’ expectations of a person affect that person’s performance, in a self-fulfilling prophecy for success—or failure.
—Katherine Manuel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
A lot of things would have turned out different if Capote had spent 1967 writing Answered Prayers instead of playing Pygmalion.
—Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 28 Jan. 2022
Playwright George Bernard Shaw, who won a Best Screenplay Oscar for the adaptation of his play Pygmalion in 1938, was awarded his Nobel Prize in 1925, long before the movie.
—Jeva Lange, The Week, 7 Oct. 2021
By the way, both movies are actually remakes, because the story is based on the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
—Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 28 Aug. 2021
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“Pygmalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pygmalion. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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