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   The earliest known use of the verb lionize is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for lionize is from 1825, in the writing of Charles Westmacott, journalist and blackmailer. lionize is formed within English, by derivation.

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   Definition of lionize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLIONIZE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   LIONIZE definition: 1. to make someone famous, or to treat someone as if they were famous 2. to make someone famous, or…. Learn more.

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   To treat as or make into a celebrity.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › lionizeLIONIZE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   LIONIZE meaning: 1. to make someone famous, or to treat someone as if they were famous 2. to make someone famous, or…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of LIONIZE is to treat as an object of great interest or importance. How to use lionize in a sentence. Did you know?

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   What is Lionize verb?

   • Definition of lionize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary lionize somebody to treat somebody as a famous or important person Want to learn more? Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide

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   What does it mean if someone is lionized?

   • If someone is lionized, they are treated as if they are very important or special by a particular group of people, often when they do not really deserve to be. The press began to lionize him enthusiastically. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Should we lionize the 1%?

   • We are told to lionize those with the courage to follow their passion, and pity the conformist drones who cling to the safe path. This was a time, after all, when the 1% was lionized, not demonized. We have a tendency to lionize mankind's mind-bogglingly complex inventions. I mean it's often lionized in a lot of songs.

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   What is the difference between transformationalism and lionization?

   • After all, in his time a visitor from the past would have been lionized. During her reign he was much lionized as a military hero of incredible valor. In contrast, the heroes of transformationalism are lionized for their work outside the church.

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   Why do we Lionize our inventions?

   • We have a tendency to lionize mankind's mind-bogglingly complex inventions. I mean it's often lionized in a lot of songs. He is not the head coach who has been lionized for turning a perennial loser into a national contender. She is routinely lionized for her beauty and her public spiritedness.

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   Why is a woman lionized to demonized?

   • She is routinely lionized for her beauty and her public spiritedness. Even they were lionized subsequently, viewed by the public as ``national martyrs'' (milli §ehid). The characters or relationships thus take on these associations, which come with specific valuations along a scale of positive to negative, lionized to demonized.

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8. www.collinsdictionary.com › english-word › lionizeAll resources related to 'lionize' - Collins Online Dictionary

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   A complete guide to the word "LIONIZE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.