heroization
/ˌhɪərəʊʌɪˈzeɪʃn/(also heroisation)
noun
The action of treating or depicting someone as a hero, or something as heroic; specifically deification or veneration of someone as a hero.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Tait's Magazine. From heroize + -ation.
- Blondin, Charles
- blondish
- blondness
- blood
- blood accusation
- blood agar
- blood alcohol
- blood alley
- blood and bone
- blood and guts
- blood and iron
- blood and thunder
- blood bank
- blood banker
- blood banking
- blood baptism
- bloodbath
- blood bay
- blood-beet
- bloodberry
- blood blister
- blood boat
- blood-boltered
- blood-book
- blood boosting