deglorify

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ glorify.

Verb

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

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

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