deglamorize

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(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈɡlæməɹaɪz/

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deglamorize (third-person singular simple present deglamorizes, present participle deglamorizing, simple past and past participle deglamorized)

To make less glamorous
The movie sought to deglamorize the drug trade.
- 1953, Connery Chappell, Picturegoer Film Annual, page 80:
  He deglamorizes the stars and untypes the character players.

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deglamorization