Definition of deglamorize in English:
deglamorize
(British deglamorise)
verb diːˈɡlamərʌɪzdēˈɡlaməˌrīz
[with object]Make less glamorous or attractive.
she has a hard time deglamorizing herself
Example sentencesExamples
- He believes harm reduction strategies help deglamorise drug abuse and addiction, and does not encourage young people to take up drugs.
- Taking place in real time, the short goes a long way toward deglamorizing the myth of the celebrity trailer.
- ‘His art is the art of removing the blockage to large truths by deglamorizing and denaturalizing our priorities of remaining in control’.
- Commanders were to deglamorize drinking, educate service members on its harmful effects, punish drunken driving severely, and de-emphasize alcohol at social functions.
- Indeed, so deglamorized are his paintings of dancers backstage and in rehearsal that in some circles Degas has gained a reputation for misogyny.
Derivatives
noun
Metropolitan Opera opening nights are always special, even in this age of the deglamorization of opera.
Example sentencesExamples
- After the surgeon general's 1964 report on smoking, there followed in popular culture a general deglamorization of cigarettes.
- This program is a command-level alcohol abuse prevention and deglamorization course designed for all hands.
- One relatively positive aspect of the movie is its deglamorization of its people.
- It is not that his film lacks style, but rather that it favors deglamorization over stylization.