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heroicize

verb

Etymology

From heroic + -ize.

  1. borrowed from hērōicus
  2. borrowed from heroïque
  3. suffixed as heroicize — “heroic + ize”

Definitions

  1. To make or depict as heroic.

    • A strong tendency to heroicize death prevailed in the nihilism of the Third Reich.
    • Professors of post-coloniality have a curious need to heroicize (and self-heroicize) and these Australians are no exception.
    • Societies heroicize soldiers during war to encourage young men to enlist and their families to support the war effort.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA