monumentalize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From monumental + -ize.
Verb
[edit]monumentalize (third-person singular simple present monumentalizes, present participle monumentalizing, simple past and past participle monumentalized)
- To make something become or appear monumental
- 1988 January 22, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- The film follows three days in her regulated life, and Akerman's intense concentration on her daily activities, monumentalized by Babette Mangolte's superb cinematography and mainly frontal camera setups […] .