monumentalize
/mɒnjʊˈmɛnt(ə)lʌɪz
/(also monumentalise)
verb [with object]
Make a permanent record of (something) by or as if by creating a monument: the kind of ethic that monumentalizes the glory of a hero...
- What makes it worse is that in this later encounter, the short-story writer seems to have monumentalized the show.
- Officially recognized ‘national heroes’ from diverse regions are honored in school texts, and biographies and with statues for their struggles against the Dutch; some regions monumentalize local heroes of their own.
- In the enlarged versions, one notices his eye for composition and design, as well as his uncanny ability to monumentalize his sitters.
Rhymes
- unmenseful
- unmensurable
- unmentionability
- unmentionable
- unmentionableness
- unmentionably
- unmentioned
- unmercantile
- unmercenary
- unmerchantable
- unmerchantlike
- unmerciful
- unmercifully
- unmercifulness
- unmerciless
- unmercy
- unmerged
- unmerit
- unmeritable
- unmerited
- unmeritedly
- unmeriting
- unmeritingly
- unmeritorious
- unmerry