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  • noun The act, process or result of iconizing.

Etymologies

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iconize +‎ -ation

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Examples

  • A strange statue of Peter the Great, done long after his death and iconization by the Soviets, shows this driven man as having a huge body and a pinhead.

    Peter Worthington: The New Russia Is Much Like the Old Russia Peter Worthington 2011

  • With the Iraq war continuing with no end in sight, this anniversary of King's death is spurring some reflection on King's actual views and actions -- especially in the last years of his short life -- rather than the standard iconization that focuses solely on his opposition to legal segregation.

    Robert Weissman: The Unrealized Dream: 40 Years After King's Assassination 2008

  • So when we come back, I want to talk about what's beautiful to you, who were your role models and moving you in that same area of iconization, as they would say.

    CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2007 2007

  • Of the sexual speculations and revelations, the doctoral dissertations, the pro - and anti-Bloomsbury arguments, the iconization of herself as feminist queen, the tourists at Charleston farmhouse, the T-shirts, the innumerable student bedrooms with that wistful early photograph tacked to the wall?

    The Whirr of Wings Dinnage, Rosemary 1997

  • A prominent feminist journalist who expressed misgivings to me about the iconization of Anita Hill chooses not to be identified.

    Feminism's Identity Crisis 1993

  • A prominent feminist journalist who expressed misgivings to me about the iconization of Anita Hill chooses not to be identified.

    Feminism's Identity Crisis 1993

  • "She actually hated the iconization of her photographs."

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • "She actually hated the iconization of her photographs."

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • "She actually hated the iconization of her photographs."

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Resembling compositions of the holy mother and child, the artist's iconization of Palestinian men under siege is a bold take on the tradition with weighty political inferences.

    MRZine.org 2009

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