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heroification

heroification noun: the act of heroifying.

Noun

heroification (uncountable)

  1. The act of heroifying.
    • Twentieth-century public school textbooks often performed heroification on important American historical figures.
    • Heroification is a degenerative process (much like calcification) that makes people over into heroes. Through this process, our educational media turn flesh-and-blood individuals into pious, perfect creatures without conflicts, pain, credibility, or human interest.1996, James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

Questions about heroification

What does heroification mean?
Heroification means the act of heroifying.
What part of speech is heroification?
Heroification is a noun.

Words near heroification in the dictionary

  1. heroicly
  2. heroicness
  3. heroicomic
  4. heroicomical
  5. heroics
  6. heroification
  7. heroify
  8. heroin
  9. heroin chic
  10. heroine
  11. heroinedom

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