heroizing

verb

present participle of heroize
as in heroicizing

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  1. idealizing
  2. romanticizing
  3. glamorizing
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  • While some look at this aesthetic as idealizing a time where women had fewer rights and independence, many trad wives do not think their roles are degrading.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • These lines reveal the perspective of someone who has been immersed in one medium for too long and is now busy idealizing another.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Definition of idealizing
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  • Today’s Leo solar eclipse asks you to quit romanticizing self-sacrifice.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Your book is accused by some Chinese audiences of romanticizing colonialism, or of being an example of colonial nostalgia literature.
    — Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of romanticizing
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  • Even in the wake of the body positivity movement from the past few years, researchers are concerned about a cultural swing back to glamorizing thin-ness, pointing to the popularity – and possible misuse – of GLP-1s.
    — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • Novels like Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch depict the surreal and alienating days of early parenthood with an eye to de-glamorizing the post-partum experience.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of glamorizing
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