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- noun The act, process or result of
iconizing .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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A prominent feminist journalist who expressed misgivings to me about the iconization of Anita Hill chooses not to be identified.
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A prominent feminist journalist who expressed misgivings to me about the iconization of Anita Hill chooses not to be identified.
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"She actually hated the iconization of her photographs."
NPR Topics: News 2010
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"She actually hated the iconization of her photographs."
NPR Topics: News 2010
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"She actually hated the iconization of her photographs."
NPR Topics: News 2010
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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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