heroize

English

Alternative forms

• heroise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From hero +‎ -ize.

Verb

heroize (third-person singular simple present heroizes, present participle heroizing, simple past and past participle heroized)

1. (transitive) To make someone into a hero.
2. (transitive) To treat someone as if they were a hero.

Related terms

• heroization

Translations

to make someone into a hero

• Finnish: tehdä jostakin sankari
• French: héroïser (fr)
• German: heroisieren (de)
• Russian: героизи́ровать (ru) (geroizírovatʹ)

to treat someone as if they were a hero

• Finnish: pitää jotakin sankarina
• French: héroïser (fr)
• German: heroisieren (de)
• Russian: героизи́ровать (ru) (geroizírovatʹ)
• Ukrainian: героїзува́ти impf or pf (herojizuváty)