Pedestalize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To place something on a pedestal; to hold something in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.

    "She wanted to neither disparage her father nor pedestalize him."

Example

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"She wanted to neither disparage her father nor pedestalize him."

Etymology

From pedestal + -ize.

Related phrases

on pedestal

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