Glamor
Glamor (from English glamor for "[the] shine", originally probably from Scottish ) originally referred to a spell or a bewitchment. Understood today as attractiveness or fascination , glamor describes a particularly pompous or elegant appearance or self-presentation in public that stands out from everyday life and average . A person, event or item of clothing can also be glamorous .
Glamor refers to the entire presentation (of a person) and cannot be linked to details (clothing, wealth, fame).
The expression can be found in Glam Rock , for example , but it is also used generally for the behavior of stars in music and film. Those who are glamorous spend a lot of time on their looks and gestures, on their self- presentation , consciously or unconsciously. Your own life should become a work of art .
See also
Web links
- Eva Behrendt: splendor and submission. In: taz. November 3, 2004, accessed November 18, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Glamor - Duden , Bibliographisches Institut ; 2016
- ^ Karin Christina Ryding: Critical Languages and Critical Thinking: Reframing Academic Arabic Programs . In: Reem Bassiouney, Graham E. Katz (Eds.): Arabic Language and Linguistics (= Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics Series ). Georgetown University Press, Georgetown 2012, ISBN 978-1-58901-885-3 , pp. 193 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 27, 2012]).