heroizing

verb

present participle of heroize
as in heroicizing

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  1. idealizing
  2. romanticizing
  3. glamorizing
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  • 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
  • The new fad of tradwife influencers idealizing a time before women had the right to vote is evidence enough.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Definition of idealizing
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  • 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
  • The 29-year-old Christian Faith Madison died after walking into traffic, with her family arguing that the OpenAI chatbot had fueled her religious delusions during their extensive interactions, pushing her over the edge by romanticizing death.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 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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