lionization

This focus on shared credit subverts the typical American lionization of individual success.

Ukrainians, however, largely refrained from joining in worldwide lionization of Navalny, with many remembering his tacit initial support of the Russian leader’s illegal seizure and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014.

Elon: After enjoying years of lionization as a brilliant, farsighted entrepreneur and savior of the human race, Musk found reality catching up with and outpacing the myth.

This is just the beginning of the lionization of the secret-stealer who called himself "OG" on his Discord chat room, an apparent racist reference to the initials for "Original Gangster," long used by rappers and members of street gangs to refer to older, senior members deserving of respect.

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.