On the road toward Barbiefication, we are so taken by artificially plastic standards of beauty that we surgically alter our human characteristics to look like idealized dolls.
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Barbiefication
//ˌbɑːbifɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "barbiefication"
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- pinnallistuminen noun (cultural move towards superficiality and a focus on physical attractiveness)
Macedonian
1 entries- по́вршност noun (cultural move towards superficiality and a focus on physical attractiveness)
Sample sentences
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While the Barbiefication of women of the world is serious business (all puns intended), I want to add that I have seen evidence that the globalization of Barbie has been met with resistance.
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The official recognition enjoyed by [Geri] Halliwell supposedly marked the ‘Barbiefication of Britain’ and the triumph of superficial ‘plastic’ values.
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Where Alexander Lebed identifies the enemy of Russian culture as the soap opera, Estonia's Jaan Kaplinski attributes the erosion of Baltic culture to ‘Barbification’ and cultural imports such as dolls, comic strips and cable TV[…].
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