Antonyms for glorification

Grammar : Noun

Spell : glawr-uh-fi-key-shuh n, glohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌglɔr ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌgloʊr-

vilification

Definition of glorification

Origin : mid-15c. as a term in alchemy, "action of refining; state of being refined," from Late Latin glorificationem (nominative glorificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of glorificare (see glorify). From c.1500 in theology; general sense by mid-19c.

noun act of glorifying

Example sentences :

I require the equality of salaries, the division of benefits, the glorification of the protectorate.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

The World-Epos is after all only a file of the morning paper in a state of glorification.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley

Several other poets in Ferrara devoted their talents to her glorification.
Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius

His work is in much the glorification of revolutionary commonplace.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I » by John Morley

But this glorification of him wrought a momentous effect in the South.
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

The object of the painter's design seems to have been the glorification of Music.
Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds

While we live, here is the rule of our conversation; when we die, here is the hope of our glorification.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

The Elegy is the glorification of the obscure; therein lies its popularity.
Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb

Shall vulgarity be left just vulgar, and have no apotheosis and glorification?
Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner

In its place we have a glorification of the individual hero.
Extract from : « Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail » by Alfred Nutt

Synonyms for glorification

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