monumentalize
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- monumentalization noun
Etymology
Origin of monumentalize
First recorded in 1855–60; monumental + -ize
Example Sentences
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But what if we decided to monumentalize subtler expressions?
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2020
The goal here is less to monumentalize an artist or a style than to tell a complex story of how art is made by one person of protean energy over a specific stretch of time.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2014
A tried and true way to make stupid art is to monumentalize something small and ordinary.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2013
In part, as Primack suggests, this reflects the tech publications that monumentalize each brain fart and photo-sharing app generated by the wizards of Mid-Market.
From Forbes • May 25, 2013
With the Jolly Green Giant, he resurrected a pagan harvest god to monumentalize "the bounty of the good earth"--and to sell peas.
From Time Magazine Archive
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