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pedestalized

pedestalized is the simple past and past participle of pedestalize.

Meaning of pedestalize

Verb

pedestalize (third-person singular simple present pedestalizes, present participle pedestalizing, simple past and past participle pedestalized)

  1. To place something on a pedestal; to hold something in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.
    • She wanted to neither disparage her father nor pedestalize him.1997, Larry Crabb, Connecting: Healing for Ourselves and Our Relationships: A Radical New Vision, W Publishing Group, →ISBN

Questions about pedestalized

What is pedestalized the simple past and past participle of?
Pedestalized is the simple past and past participle of pedestalize.

Words near pedestalized in the dictionary

  1. pedestaled
  2. pedestaling
  3. pedestalization
  4. pedestalizations
  5. pedestalize
  6. pedestalized
  7. pedestalizer
  8. pedestalizers
  9. pedestalizes
  10. pedestalizing
  11. pedestalled

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