Meanings
nouncelebrification (uncountable)
- informaluncountableThe introduction of celebrity as a factor in some field or discipline.
The rise of populism in an age of celebrification also plays into the coarsening of discourse.
2025 January 30, Stephen Humphries, “An uncivil union: Can America break its addiction to violent rhetoric?”, in The Christian Science Monitor1 more example
Chuck Todd, editor of the online political clearinghouse Hotline, calls the gossip phenomenon “pack gossip journalism,” a byproduct of the celebrification of politics and the attendant proliferation of media to cover it.
2007 February 3, Mark Leibovich, “Titillating or Not, Washington Gossip Blossoms”, in New York Times
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celebrification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celebrification
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“celebrification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celebrification. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “celebrification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celebrification.
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