lionize
verb (used with object)
to treat (a person) as a celebrity.
lionization
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a word derived from
lionize.
Example Sentences
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This focus on shared credit subverts the typical American lionization of individual success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2024
These supporters were the expected conservatives and libertarians, but liberals, too; the lionization of free speech cuts across ideology.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2022
Some Egyptian commentators have contrasted the lionization of Mr. Zaki’s accusers with the treatment of the seven women jailed for posting TikTok videos.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020
Image: Wikipedia If there’s a dark side to the film’s idealism, it’s General Magic’s lionization of punishing development crunch times.
From The Verge ● Apr. 22, 2018
Paris made a great fuss over him, but he took his lionization very calmly.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
