lionization

Example Sentences

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And, per Zernike, the lionization of the “lone genius” in science, often used as a cover for bullying, is gradually giving way to a spirit of collaboration.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

These supporters were the expected conservatives and libertarians, but liberals, too; the lionization of free speech cuts across ideology.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022

Among the many byproducts of “Moneyball,” both the Michael Lewis book and the film it inspired, has been the lionization of general managers.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021

Image: Wikipedia If there’s a dark side to the film’s idealism, it’s General Magic’s lionization of punishing development crunch times.

From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2018

So I had aid and abetment in performing the little lionization which is obligatory on a visitor to New York; for the "Colonel's" comrade, my fellow-voyager of the Asia, came to the same hotel.

From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)