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pedestalizing

pedestalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 pedestalizing

What is pedestalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Pedestalizing is the present participle and gerund of pedestalize.

Words near pedestalizing in the dictionary

  1. pedestalize
  2. pedestalized
  3. pedestalizer
  4. pedestalizers
  5. pedestalizes
  6. pedestalizing
  7. pedestalled
  8. pedestalling
  9. pedestals
  10. pedestral
  11. pedestrial

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