deglamorize

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Recent Examples of deglamorize White’s willingness to deglamorize stardom — to take roles that subverted her celebrity or to be funny and frank — makes clear that for her, the town was, first and foremost, a workplace. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022 The camera became a handy tool for those, labeled Minimalists or Conceptualists, who wanted to deglamorize the world (and the artist’s role) by documenting mundane things or repeated actions. Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deglamorize
Verb
  • Officials repeatedly minimized fire risks and touted the benefits of letting the fire burn, according to The Republic's findings.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Context switching is minimized.
    Paul Kovalenko, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The home officially sold for $55 million in February 2023, after Wahlberg and his family decided to leave California and put down roots in Nevada in 2022.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Everything seems to be going Laura’s way until one afternoon, after Daniel has been put down for his nap — that’s how the dialogue sounds — things get steamy with Howard.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That behavior included drug use and related incidents, and disparaging comments about series co-creator Chuck Lorre.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The White House, presented with extensive questions for this article, sent a one-paragraph statement disparaging ProPublica and Dudek.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The point here is not to denigrate the work of content creators.
    Ben Ritz, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This is not meant to denigrate the value of escapism—or the value of the aesthetic experience any of these storytelling forms provide.
    Nathaniel Moore September 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Deglamorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deglamorize. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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