Pedestalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Pedestalize is a verb meaning To place something on a pedestal; to hold something in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
Meaning
To place something on a pedestal; to hold something in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
Example Sentences
She wanted to neither disparage her father nor pedestalize him.
[…] the impact of external sources that continue to simultaneously pedestalize and devalue the work of motherhood.
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.
Word Forms
- pedestalizes
- pedestalizing
- pedestalized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include esteem, superexalt, sublime, heroify, prize, monumentalize.
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