Meaning & use
lionized
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Treated as a celebrity or object of great public interest and admiration.
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The young pianist was lionized by critics after her debut performance.
Explorers who survived the expedition were lionized upon their return home.
A note on using this word
The word alludes to lions as symbols of grandeur, since visiting the lions at London's Tower menagerie was once a fashionable social event, giving rise to lion meaning a celebrity.
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