lionization

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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

Our reviewer, Lucinda Rosenfeld, said that it “bravely questions the particularly female lionization of thin and loathing of fat.”

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Her status as a mysterious, cloistered figure had been solidified after a decade of speculation and lionization on Internet message boards and blogs as crate diggers shared rips of her impossibly rare LPs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 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

Then came the news of Speke's return and lionization in London.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas