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celebrification en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of celebrity + -ification.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) The introduction of celebrity as a factor in some field or discipline.
    • Chuck Todd, editor of the online political clearinghouse Hotline, calls the gossip phenomenon “pack gossip journalism,” a byproduct of the celebrification of politics and the attendant proliferation of media to cover it. 2007 February 3, Mark Leibovich, “Titillating or Not, Washington Gossip Blossoms”, in New York Times:
    • The rise of populism in an age of celebrification also plays into the coarsening of discourse. 2025 January 30, Stephen Humphries, “An uncivil union: Can America break its addiction to violent rhetoric?”, in The Christian Science Monitor: