Lionization [noun]

Definition of Lionization:

recognition, celebrity

Synonyms of Lionization:

● Acclaim

● Acceptance

● Reputation

● Demand

● Following

● Fame

● Adoration

● Fashion

● Favor

● Regard

● Prevalence

● Currency

● Renown

● Esteem

● Approval

● Repute

● Idolization

● Heyday

● Vogue

● Universality

● Fashionableness


Opposite/Antonyms of Lionization:

● Unpopularity

● Dislike

● Disfavor

● Disapproval

● Hate

● Disrespect


Sentence/Example of Lionization:

At its least charming, it is those who lionize audacious criminals.

He is a 67-year-old vegan and daily meditator who also lionizes free-market icons like Milton Friedman and Ayn Rand.

A Bayard in society—a Raphael at the easel, he bore a distinguished part in the lionization of the day.

Paris made a great fuss over him, but he took his lionization very calmly.

Then came the news of Speke's return and lionization in London.

The renowned Tupper is undergoing the process of lionization.