Definition of "lionizes" [lionizes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lionize. (verb)

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• "This is still a party that backs the worst kind of dictatorships in the Middle East and Africa, lionizes Vladimir Putin's Russia and keeps avowed anti-Semites in its fold."
• "At the same time, I wasn't able to find a single word of regret by Schulman for any Israeli civilian loss of life at the hands of those she lionizes in the Arab world."
• "And no wonder that today's far right Republican Party lionizes the James O'Keefe's of the world."