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1. • • lionize (third-person singular simple present lionizes, present participle lionizing, simple past and past participle lionized) (American spelling, Oxford British English) (transitive) To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
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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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   What is the past tense of Lionize?

   • Simple past tense and past participle of lionize. Here she received a brilliant reception and was much lionized during the season of 1813. He was lionized in London to his heart's content and discontent, for it may truly be said of Rousseau that he was equally indignant at neglect and intolerant of attention.

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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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   What does the verb lionize mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb lionize . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   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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   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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   Jun 2, 2024 · lionize (third-person singular simple present lionizes, present participle lionizing, simple past and past participle lionized) (American spelling, Oxford British English) (transitive) To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.

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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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   lionize. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English li‧on‧ize (also lionise British English) /ˈlaɪənaɪz/ verb [transitive] written to treat someone as being very important or famous → See Verb table.