veneer

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Human-created cultural products like film and writing will be positioned as most valuable, and priced accordingly as luxury goods and artworks, while elevated synthetic content will be “humanwashed” to create a veneer of faux humanness.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it strips away the sentimental veneer attaching fans to their college teams.

From The Wall Street Journal

It seems like she’s the one who’s hiding something, but James’ veneer of normality is not quite what it seems.

From Los Angeles Times

The same veneer of courtliness masked the same animal impulse to see the world as it is, rather than as it should be.

From Literature

However, that veneer has worn down in recent years, including when she broke her hip during a fall in Europe in December.

From Los Angeles Times