heroicizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

heroicize (三人称単数 現在形 heroicizes, 現在分詞 heroicizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 heroicized)

1. To make or depict as heroic.
   • 2007, Heinz Eduard Todt, ‎Ernst-Albert Scharffenorth, ‎Glen Harold Stassen, Authentic Faith: Bonhoeffer's Theological Ethics in Context, →ISBN, page 21:

     A strong tendency to heroicize death prevailed in the nihilism of the Third Reich.

   • 2007, Richard Serrano, Against the Postcolonial, →ISBN:

     Professors of post-coloniality have a curious need to heroicize (かつ self-heroicize) and these Australians are no exception.

   • 2018, Eugene Edward Beiriger, World War I: A Historical Exploration of Literature, →ISBN, page 16:

     Societies heroicize soldiers during war to encourage young men to enlist and their families to support the war effort.