heroicize en · VERB
Etymology
From heroic + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make or depict as heroic.
A strong tendency to heroicize death prevailed in the nihilism of the Third Reich.
2007, Heinz Eduard Todt, Ernst-Albert Scharffenorth, Glen Harold Stassen, Authentic Faith: Bonhoeffer's Theological Ethics in Context, →ISBN, page 21:Societies heroicize soldiers during war to encourage young men to enlist and their families to support the war effort.
2018, Eugene Edward Beiriger, World War I: A Historical Exploration of Literature, →ISBN, page 16:Professors of post-coloniality have a curious need to heroicize (and self-heroicize) and these Australians are no exception.
2007, Richard Serrano, Against the Postcolonial, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heroicizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| heroicized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| heroicized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| heroicizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |