as in to glamourize
to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant
he had a tendency to idealize his heroes and believe they could do no wrong
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Recent Examples of idealize
And with the average person spending about 145 minutes on social media every day, this constant exposure to idealized imagery and lifestyles has fundamentally changed the playing field for marketers.
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Salim Gheewalla, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
The introduction argues that feminism opened space for artists to confront corporeal experiences and oppression based in bodily difference, space to show us not generalized or idealized figures, but messy and personal ones instead.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Jan. 2025
While some look at this movement as idealizing a time when women had fewer rights and independence, many trad wives do not think their roles are demeaning.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Essay The Lost Ones: The Real Boys of Neverland
Michelle Dean
Few works of literature have idealized childhood so profoundly as Peter Pan.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Salim Gheewalla, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
The introduction argues that feminism opened space for artists to confront corporeal experiences and oppression based in bodily difference, space to show us not generalized or idealized figures, but messy and personal ones instead.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Jan. 2025
While some look at this movement as idealizing a time when women had fewer rights and independence, many trad wives do not think their roles are demeaning.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Essay The Lost Ones: The Real Boys of Neverland
Michelle Dean
Few works of literature have idealized childhood so profoundly as Peter Pan.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealize
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Mobsters like Capone and Moran have been romanticized in popular culture, and the still-unsolved crime has invited amateur sleuths to study up.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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And this film is about the 1950s, which is an era that the conservative agenda in this country especially really romanticizes.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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The avid sports fans grew up idolizing the 1980 Eagle Super Bowl champs (running back Wilbert Montgomery and wide receiver Harold Carmichael).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Michael grew up in Cleveland, in a religious household where the artists his future wife idolized, like Salt-N-Pepa, were strictly prohibited.—
Marissa R. Moss,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Glamorous as the exiles are, Kentridge does not glamorize them.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Her pitch was simple: Homosexuality is a sin, and if homosexuals were given carte blanche to glamorize their ‘deviate lifestyle’ in Miami-area classrooms, the American family would be destroyed and the American way of life would disappear.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2025
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That helps to soften some of the graphic imagery, but the director says his primary intent was to allow viewers to experience the perspectives of kids.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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Following weeks of negotiations, during which DeSantis seemed to soften his attacks on the lawmakers who opposed his plans, the governor signed the sweeping package of immigration laws on February 13.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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