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lionize
[ lahy-uh-nahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to treat (a person) as a celebrity:
to lionize the visiting poet.
- British. to visit or exhibit the objects of interest of (a place).
verb (used without object)
- to pursue celebrities or seek their company.
- British. to visit the objects of interest of a place.
lionize
/ ˈɪəˌԲɪ /
verb
- tr to treat as or make into a celebrity
Derived Forms
- ˌDzԾˈپDz, noun
- ˈDzˌ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·Dz···پDz noun
- ·Dz·· noun
- ·Dz· adjective
- un··Dz· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of lionize1
Example Sentences
Mexican authorities have been trying to discourage positive depictions of drug traffickers, whose exploits are often lionized by bands reciting popular corridos, or ballads, exalting the criminal life.
Francis merely urged everyone to read up on their Gospels, where Jesus consistently assailed the rich, lionized the poor and lingered with the meek instead of the mighty.
In death, however, Carter is being lionized by Republican leaders as well as Democrats upon his return to Washington to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda before his state funeral Thursday.
Kavanaugh denied the allegations and, thanks to Trump and the Senate’s Republican majority, he was lionized on the right as a victim of a movement run amok.
His role in the impeachment lionized him among fellow Democrats, demonized him among Republicans and seeded his campaign for the Senate.
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