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deglorification

UK/diːˌɡlɔːɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

deglorification noun: the process of deglorifying; making something less glorious.

Noun

deglorification (uncountable)

  1. The process of deglorifying; making something less glorious.
    • Debunking military myths and the deglorification of war is nothing new in Israeli culture.2008 January 20, Isabel Kershner, “Dark Fissures of an Israeli Soldier’s Soul”, in New York Times
    • Obviously the satirists' deglorification of war and Kant's practical ideas on how to reduce it did not catch on widely enough to spare Western civilization the catastrophes of the next century and a half.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 201

Origin of deglorification

From de- + glorification.

Questions about deglorification

What does deglorification mean?
Deglorification means the process of deglorifying; making something less glorious.
What part of speech is deglorification?
Deglorification is a noun.
How do you pronounce deglorification?
Deglorification is pronounced /diːˌɡlɔːɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near deglorification in the dictionary

  1. deglobalizes
  2. deglobalizing
  3. deglomeration
  4. deglomerations
  5. degloried
  6. deglorification
  7. deglorified
  8. deglorifies
  9. deglorify
  10. deglorifying
  11. degloss

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