Definitions
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- noun Alternative form of
glamorization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way)
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Examples
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One of the major influences on the increase in teen tobacco use is the glamourisation of tobacco use in movies and on television.
Youth against cross-border tobacco advertising in films 2009
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PS: For those who may not have read them Ms R has written with some vitriol ok a fair bit but it was fun on a Girl with a One Trick Book and also on the current glamourisation of prostitution
Archive 2007-10-01 Ms Robinson 2007
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PS: For those who may not have read them Ms R has written with some vitriol ok a fair bit but it was fun on a Girl with a One Trick Book and also on the current glamourisation of prostitution
An intimate chat Ms Robinson 2007
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If there's a reason to castigate Billie Piper, then her role in Belle de Jour - a blatant glamourisation of prostitution seems a good place to start.
mirror.co.uk - Home 2010
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If you're not yet a fanatic, or have yet to be sold on the show's peculiar role in the overnight infamy of egg-white omelettes and three-cocktail lunches, then here's a quick browse through what could also be deemed as the glamourisation of the meal known as Lunch (or Dinner)
TODAYonline 2010
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One of the major influences on the uptake of teen tobacco use is the glamourisation of tobacco use in movies and on television.
American Chronicle 2009
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Pat Booth, a former investigative reporter who worked on exposing the drug ring lead by so-called Mr Asia, New Zealander Terry Clark, says he was "sickened '' by the glamourisation of criminals in the promotional material for the show.
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Pat Booth, a former investigative reporter who worked on exposing the drug ring lead by so-called Mr Asia, New Zealander Terry Clark, says he was "sickened&squo; & squo; by the glamourisation of criminals in the promotional material for the show.
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Pat Booth, a former investigative reporter who worked on exposing the drug ring lead by so-called Mr Asia, New Zealander Terry Clark, says he was "sickened '' by the glamourisation of criminals in the promotional material for the show.
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Pat Booth, a former investigative reporter who worked on exposing the drug ring lead by so-called Mr Asia, New Zealander Terry Clark, says he was "sickened&squo; & squo; by the glamourisation of criminals in the promotional material for the show.
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