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Definition of "lionization" [lionization]

  • The act of lionizing, the behavior that treats someone as a celebrity, either respectfully honoring or fawning adoration. (noun)

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Use "lionization" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "With the Academy attempting to attract more and younger viewers to the Oscar telecast with more popular and populist fare, critics' over-the-top lionization of a good but not great black and white silent film that no one has heard of is probably the last thing they wanted."
  • "Pakistani commentators have expressed shock at the public lionization of Qadri and the demonization of Taseer, who did nothing worse than criticize the blasphemy law and commiserate with a Christian peasant woman who was sentenced to death under it."