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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To raise someone to the status of a hero by overlooking the person's flaws..
In writing about important historical figures, one must be careful not to heroify them.
What were the far-off natives of the Rocky Mountains doing that this restless, reckless, blood-thirsty, and cruel Frenchman should be permitted to kill them? [...] The vilest agents were permitted to employ the vilest means; and this French butcher finds among our first writers a man to heroify him and to set up his dastardly deeds as models for the young.
Use heroify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heroify means To raise someone to the status of a hero by overlooking the person's flaws..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In writing about important historical figures, one must be careful not to heroify them.
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