glorify

This term carries a strong duality between sincere devotion and deceptive presentation. In a spiritual or celebratory sense, it describes the act of attributing supreme honor to a deity or a hero, evoking a feeling of awe and reverence.

In a critical or social context, it describes the act of romanticizing something unpleasant or dangerous. When used this way, it implies a distortion of truth, suggesting that the subject is being portrayed as noble or exciting to mask its inherent flaws or brutality.