deglamorize

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de·glam·or·ize

(dē-glăm′ə-rīz′)
tr.v. de·glam·or·ized, de·glam·or·iz·ing, de·glam·or·iz·es
To make less glamorous: "pressing the entertainment industry to deglamorize the treatment of drugs in films" (Larry Martz).
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deglamorize

(diːˈɡlæməˌraɪz) or

deglamorise

vb (tr)
to make (a person or thing) less glamorous
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de•glam•or•ize

or de•glam•our•ize

(diˈglæm əˌraɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to reduce the appeal or status of.
[1935–40]
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Ideally this drama needed a little editing to make the story crisper and increase the tension, and the jury is still out on whether using such a depressing filter and so completely deglamorizing the cast was a good idea.
In the end, the de facto censors insisted on script changes aimed at deglamorizing the portrait of Muni's character, and added a strange, judgmental subtitle-Shame of the Nation.
The American Academy of Pediatrics 2015 statement on e-cigarettes stated increasing use by teens "threatens 5 decades of public health gains in successfully deglamorizing, restricting, and decreasing the use of tobacco products" and called for an FDA ban on the products.4 Although the FDA recently did place new restrictions, it will take several years for them to go fully into effect.
Instead of raising millions for future glory, he has simply continued in his deglamorizing of public life and dedicated his past-presidency to a regular, unceasing fight for minorities and the needy everywhere, especially women!
History has a way of deglamorizing legend with a smidge of truth.
With all her businesses, Tuesday sees to it that she's a hands-on entrepreneur, even if it means deglamorizing herself.
Current strategies to prevent alcohol problems among military personnel include instituting and enforcing policies that regulate alcohol availability and pricing, deglamorizing alcohol use, and promoting personal responsibility and good health.
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(Paul Fussell deglamorizing World War II in Wartime missed a trick by not adducing Stein's war story.) Spread over the two volumes are Stein's opera librettos for Virgil Thomson: Four Saints in Three Acts (1927), Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938), and The Mother of Us All (1945-46).
They also recommend deglamorizing the product in magazines, movies, and television, as well as protecting nonsmokers from secondhand cigar smoke.