lionization

noun

Definition of lionizationnext
as in praise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lionization
  1. praise
  2. adoration
  3. deference
  4. reverence
  5. approbation
  6. idolatry
  7. worship
  8. admiration
Noun
  • The economist has won praise from US President-elect Donald Trump, whose government efficiency tsars, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, appear keen to replicate his budget cuts in the United States.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Although his nominee for Labor secretary has won bipartisan praise and has a pro-labor track record, Trump’s threats to deport millions, impose tariffs and weaken worker protections have left many in the labor movement wary of what his time in office will bring.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of praise
Noun
  • Social Media Reacts to Richard's Charm The TikTok video sparked a wave of adoration for Richard and the driver's unique approach to customer satisfaction.
    Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
  • That adoration was not diluted during the four successive Premier League matches Tonali started this September and October, despite Newcastle’s failure to win any of them and the subsequent questions about whether the balance of the XI was negatively affected by his inclusion.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of adoration
Noun
  • Locals live in deference to the nature that surrounds them, collecting water from the forest’s crystal-clear spring with quiet care.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
  • And even in the face of the deference the Court must give Congress, the CTA appears likely unconstitutional.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of deference
Noun
  • Slowly, ideas that Xiao and his allies had propagated decades ago—the stabilizing force of the strongman and a reverence for cultural traditions—seem to have arrived in the control center of the world’s most powerful liberal democracy.
    Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Indy’s reverence for art was hardly shared by the Nazis, who in the game are most notably represented by a loathsome archaeologist nemesis called Emmerich Voss.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of reverence
Noun
  • On the floor, Biles’ every routine Tuesday received a studied silence, and every landing received raucous approbation.
    Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
  • But where the standard Meyers heroine would fuss herself into a fugue state of approbation, Anne remains oddly unruffled.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 29 June 2024
Definition of approbation
Noun
  • But as a Christian, the bigger threat in the U.S. now seems to be Evangelical idolatry—this tendency of many Christians to turn a political candidate into an idol, particularly one who has proven himself so thoroughly unfit as Donald Trump.
    Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
  • People begin drifting to certain games or consoles, staring intently at a wall of idolatry.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of idolatry
Noun
  • She is described in her obituary as an avid reader who loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band.
    Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The disc featured 19 tracks of worship music imbued with rock, rap and Latin influences.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of worship
Noun
  • There's a humility in that, and there's an admiration of Bob too.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What mattered more than the discernible admiration, however, was the considerable respect Atalanta’s achievements have brought.
    James Horncastle, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of admiration
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“Lionization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lionization. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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