deglorify

English

Etymology

de- +‎ glorify

Verb

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

1. To remove glory from; to cause something to be less glorious
   • 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.

Related terms

• degloried
• deglorification