Synonyms of enshrining

enshrining 1 of 2

adjective

as in exalting

Related Words

• exalting
• canonizing
• glorifying
• dedicatory
• testimonial
• memorial
• commemorating
• commemorative
• epitaphic
• honorary
• memorializing
• epitaphial

enshrining

2 of 2

verb

present participle of enshrine

as in elevating

to assign a high status or value to

some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevating
• promoting
• lifting
• enthroning
• exalting
• canonizing
• deifying
• ennobling
• aggrandizing
• dignifying
• upgrading
• honoring
• glorifying
• magnifying
• raising
• boosting
• praising
• enskying
• heightening
• uplifting
• intensifying
• extolling
• idealizing
• romanticizing
• lauding
• acclaiming
• sanitizing
• sugarcoating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degrading
• humiliating
• minimizing
• humbling
• decrying
• disparaging
• demeaning
• detracting
• belittling
• depreciating
• abasing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enshrining

Adjective

This includes re-enshrining, codifying and strengthening our inalienable rights in the United States and abolishing ICE to ensure immigration and the struggle of migrants is treated as a civilian one, requiring support instead of brutality and criminalization. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026

Verb

More recently, in 2023, Australians voted against enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an advisory body that would have given First Nations people a formal say on the decisions that affect them. — Liam Freeman, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026

In a bill submitted to Congress on Monday night titled the Diwali Day Act, Democratic Congresswoman Grace Meng proposes enshrining Diwali as a federal holiday as a rebuttal to the rising tide of South Asian prejudice. — Tom Sanders, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

Dispersing authority and enshrining accountability over government decisions through direct democracy are far more responsible for the success of Swiss democracy. — Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026

And with just days to go before this vote, Brazil’s Senate approved rules backed by Lula’s administration to reduce the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours while enshrining two rest days without a salary cut. — Eléonore Hughes, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

And with just days to go before this vote, Brazil’s Senate approved rules backed by Lula's administration to reduce the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours while enshrining two rest days without a salary cut. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Future administrations might also develop a more nuanced policy, enshrining some civil rights for transgender people but sidestepping the question of playing on sports teams, Soucek said. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Drake’s midlife crisis is seemingly less about shoring up his legacy as a legendary artist than enshrining himself as a historic main character capable of capturing the public’s attention by appealing to its most base instincts. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Those realities have not prevented the teams themselves from enshrining the guilty, or the allegedly guilty. — Mac Engel july 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026