Celebritize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To transform (a person or concept) into a celebrity; to make famous. transitive

    "Its failure to politicize celebrity, as well as to celebritize politics, caused the nascent group to founder in its early days."

Example

More examples

"Its failure to politicize celebrity, as well as to celebritize politics, caused the nascent group to founder in its early days."

Etymology

From celebrity + -ize.

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