Hollywoodizev.
/ˈhɒlɪwʊdʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈhɑliˌwʊˌdaɪz/ To make typical or characteristic of Hollywood.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [verb (intransitive)] > make typically Hollywoodian
Hollywoodize1923
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [verb (transitive)] > make typical of Hollywood
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1923 Olwein (Iowa) Daily Reg. 23 Mar. 2/3 Many folk from Iowa who have made their pile here have invested in fine jewelry which they scatter carelessly about on their dressers. They perhaps get Hollywood-ized.
1939 E. Waugh Robbery under Law ii. 30 The show house in Puebla which has been Hollywoodized by the Department of Arts.
1946 Billboard 24 Aug. 14/4 He didn't try to Hollywoodize 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
1987 A. Jackinson Romance of Publishing xiii. 123 If, to Hollywoodize events a bit more, Irving had left his wife and flew into the beyond with folksinger Nina, they would have deserved each other.
2009 D. Hudson in J. E. Browning & C. J. Picart Draculas, Vampires, & Other Undead Forms xiii. 225 The film does to the goeng si film what Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon did to the wuxia film: Hollywoodizes it.
Derivatives
ˈHollywooˌdizing n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > realm of > American or Hollywood > making typical of
Hollywoodizing1941
1941 Scrutiny 9 346 Puccini, that voice pervasively symbolic of the Hollywoodizing of human emotions.
1967 Guardian 11 Apr. 5/1 Such incredible Hollywoodising of Malcolm X did much to create an atmosphere in which he could only be killed.
2004 J. Rosenbaum in T. Elsaesser et al. Last Great Amer. Picture Show ii. 151 What might be termed the Hollywoodizing of Taxi Driver's experimental and European elements.
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