deglorification

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UK/diːˌɡlɔːɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun

The process of deglorifying; making something less glorious.

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Meanings

noundeglorification (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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
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    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

From de- + glorification.

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APA

deglorification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglorification

MLA

“deglorification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglorification. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deglorification,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deglorification.

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