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celebritizing

celebritizing is the present participle and gerund of celebritize.

Meaning of celebritize

Verb

celebritize (third-person singular simple present celebritizes, present participle celebritizing, simple past and past participle celebritized)

  1. (transitive) To transform (a person or concept) into a celebrity; to make famous.
    • Its failure to politicize celebrity, as well as to celebritize politics, caused the nascent group to founder in its early days.1994, Toril Moi, Janis Radway, Materialist Feminism, page 773

Questions about celebritizing

What is celebritizing the present participle and gerund of?
Celebritizing is the present participle and gerund of celebritize.

Words near celebritizing in the dictionary

  1. celebritization
  2. celebritizations
  3. celebritize
  4. celebritized
  5. celebritizes
  6. celebritizing
  7. celebrity
  8. celebrity obsession disorder
  9. celebrity worship syndrome
  10. celebrity-worship syndrome
  11. celebritydom

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