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lionisation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English lionise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English lionisation From lionise + -ation.

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually) Alternative spelling of lionization.
   alt of lionization
   • The liberal newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza has also made clear its disapproval of the film's lionisation of the Bielski brothers. 2009 March 5, Kate Connolly, “Jewish resistance film sparks Polish anger”, in The Guardian:

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