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deglorify

verb

To remove glory from; to cause something to be less glorious; to dishonour.

Scrabble 17

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Meanings

verbdeglorify (third-person singular simple present deglorifies, present participle deglorifying, simple past and past participle deglorified)

present singular third person deglorifies · participle present deglorifying · participle past deglorified · past deglorified

To remove glory from; to cause something to be less glorious; to dishonour.
One way to minimize or mitigate the copycat effect is to deemphasize the perpetrator and deglorify the violence in real and fictional stories.
2023, Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Copycat Crime

Origin

From de- + glorify.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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