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Definition: Glorification |
GlorificationNoun1. A state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself". 2. A portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading". 3. The act of glorifying (as in worship); "the glorification of God". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glorification" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Glorification \Glo`ri*fi*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression glorificatio: compare to the French expression glorification. See Glorify.]. (references) |
Synonyms: GlorificationSynonyms: glory (n), idealisation (n), idealization (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Boasting | Exultation; gloriation, glorification; flourish of trumpets; triumph. |
Repute | Elevation; ascent; superaltation, exaltation; dignification, aggrandizement. dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification. |
Worship | Thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah; Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis; paean; benschen; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Glorification |
| Etymologies containing "glorification": Clarification. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Glorification" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (celebrity, glorification, magnification). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | James Mattoon Scott, as you put it, hasn't the slightest interest in his own glorification. But he does have an abiding interest in the survival of this country (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | For our part, all our glorification goes to the English soldier, the English army, the English people |
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Human Rights | Korea | Even after Kim Il Sung's death, his cult of personality and the glorification of his family and the official juche ideology remained omnipresent. (references) |
Political Economy | Turkmenistan | Emphasizing stability and gradual reform, official nation-building efforts continued to focus on fostering Turkmen nationalism and the glorification of President Niyazov. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Glorification" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glorification" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 49 | 48,677 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "glorification": self-glorification. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glorification | 4 |
andrea fra glorification ignatius pozzo saint | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "glorification"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zbukurim (adornment, beautifying, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, enrichment, fallal, festoon, finery, flower, garnish, garniture, inlay, marquetry, onlay, ornament, ornamentation, rosace, set off, titivation), mbulim me lavdi. (various references) | |
Arabic | تفخيم, تمجيد (apotheosis, enthronement, exaltation, praise), تمجد, تسبيح (eulogy, magnification, praise), التفخيم (grandiloquence, magnification), التمجيد, التعظيم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | възхваляване, възхвала (eulogy, exaltation, laudation, praise), прослава (apotheosis, celebration). (various references) | |
Czech | oslavení. (various references) | |
French | glorification. (various references) | |
German | verherrlichung (adulation, apotheosis, celebration, extollment, praising). (various references) | |
Greek | δοξασμόσ, δοξολογία (thanks giving, thanksgiving). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פאור, השגבה (aggrandizement), האמרה (augmentation, eulogy, praise, rise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felmagasztalás (exaltation, apotheosis), dicsőítés (apotheosis, laudation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pengagungan (exalting), pemujaan (veneration), keakbaran (evelation, exaltation). (various references) | |
Italian | glorificazione. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 賛美 (adoration, praise), 讚美 (adoration, praise), 讃美 (adoration, praise), 謳歌 (eulogy, song of praise), 美化 (beautification), 礼賛 (adoration, praise, worship), 礼讃 (adoration, praise, worship). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おうか (assimilation of new territory, cherry blossom, eulogy, Europeanization, forcing down, imperial influence, song of praise, Westernization), びか (beautification, under the nose), さんび (adoration, appalling, awful, deep sorrow, extreme pain, praise), らいさん (adoration, praise, worship). (various references) | |
Manx | gloyraghey (glorify). (various references) | |
Norwegian | forherligelse. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orificationglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glorificação (celebration, church service, magnification, praise), regozijo (feast, feast-day, gloat, joy, jubilance, jubilation, merriment, mirth, rejoicing, triumph). (various references) | |
Romanian | glorificare, înfrumuseţare (adornment, beautification, cosmetology, embellishment, enrichment). (various references) | |
Russian | прославление (apotheosis). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | slavljenje. (various references) | |
Spanish | glorificación. (various references) | |
Swedish | glorifiering (glorifying), skönmålning (idealization), firande (celebration), förhärligande (apotheosis, glorifying). (various references) | |
Turkish | tapma (adoration, deification, hero worship, idolatry, image-worship, worship), şenlik (carnival, convivial, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta, gaiety, gala, jubilation, rejoicing), şükür (gratitude, halleluiah, hallelujah, hosanna, thank god, thanks), övme (commending, eulogy, exaltation, flattery, laudation, praise, praising). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | слава (aureola, aureole, celebration, celebrity, chit chat, fame, glory, luster, lustre, odor, odour, renown), вихваляння (aggrandizement, dithyramb, encomium, gasconade, incense, magnification, swank), звеличування (aggrandizement, eulogism). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tuyên dương (citation), sự tô son điểm phấn, sự làm tôn vẻ đẹp, sự ca ngợi sự tô điểm. (various references) | |
Welsh | gogoneddiad. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | frasastayaêca. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glorification": glorifications. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glorification" (pronounced glô'rufikā"shun) |
| 9 | -r u f i k ā" sh u n | clarification, electrification, gentrification. |
| 8 | -u f i k ā" sh u n | detoxification, indemnification, justification, misidentification, mummification, simplification, specification. |
| 6 | -i k ā" sh u n | abdication, detoxication, fabrication, lubrication, publication, sophistication, syndication, telecommunication. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | falsification, acidification, adjudication, advocation, allocation, altercation, amplification, application, authentication, avocation, bifurcation, certification, classification, codification, communication, complication, confiscation, convocation, decertification, dedication, deification, demarcation, desiccation, disembarkation, dislocation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, embarkation, equivocation, eradication, evocation, excommunication, explication, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, implication, indication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, location, magnification, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, modification, multiplication, notification, nullification, obfuscation, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, reallocation, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, relocation, replication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, suffocation, unification, vacation, verification, vilification, vindication, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-g-i-i-i-l-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: airlifting, floriation, frictional. | |
-4 letters: articling, ciliation, coalition, coitional, factoring, fictional, filiating, filiation, foliating, foliation, inflictor, olfaction, orificial, tailoring, triclinia. | |
-5 letters: caroling, cilantro, colorant, coloring, contrail, crafting, flatiron, flirting, floating, flooring, folioing, footling, fornical, fraction, friction, granitic, inflator, intaglio, ironical, ligation, lignitic, locating, location, logician, nitrolic, original, rigatoni, ringtail, rogation, trailing, trifling, trifocal, trigonal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-g-i-i-i-l-n-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: glorifications. | |
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