HEROIZED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

heroized

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past tense of heroize

as in idealized

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As these historical examples underscore, there is no idealized past to reclaim nor idealized future to arrive at through an inevitable march of progress.

— Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
The Paris in his film feels stylized, idealized.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026

Definition of idealized

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Many aspects of life in the Soviet Union have come to be retroactively romanticized; its grocery stores are not among them.

— Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
As a ritual romanticized for generations as one of the most significant events of a person’s life, the modern wedding tends to provoke a nebulous kind of introspection separating it from its most notable counterparts.

— Bobby Finger June 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Definition of romanticized

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Beyond post-pandemic freedom, the recent rave explosion can also be credited to BRAT, Charli XCX’s 2024 album that glamorized raving as an It Girl activity.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
The plot is high-class soap opera, offered at a time when most composers were avoiding any subject that glamorized the bourgeoisie.

— Russell Platt, New Yorker, 20 May 2026

Definition of glamorized

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The first name that caught his eye was Nicklas Lidstrom, the great Detroit Red Wing, whom Werenski idolized as a boy growing up in Michigan.

— Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 2 June 2026
As a child Modrić idolized the Yugoslav (later Croatian) footballer Zvonimir Boban.

— Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 June 2026

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