pedestalize en · VERB
Etymology
From pedestal + -ize.
Meanings
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To place something on a pedestal; to hold something in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
[…] the impact of external sources that continue to simultaneously pedestalize and devalue the work of motherhood.
2002, Rachel Epstein, “Butches with Babies: Reconfiguring Gender and Motherhood”, in Michelle Gibson, Deborah Meem, editors, Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go, Harrington Park Press, →ISBN, page 54:She wanted to neither disparage her father nor pedestalize him.
1997, Larry Crabb, Connecting: Healing for Ourselves and Our Relationships: A Radical New Vision, W Publishing Group, →ISBN:I was made aware of my own tendency to pedestalize while talking with Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, during a Unity Forum in Fort Lauderdale.
2014, Paul Veliyathil, T.H.R.I.V.E: Six Keys to a Fuller Life, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pedestalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pedestalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pedestalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pedestalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
es pedestalizar (to hold something in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree)