"heroicize" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007, Heinz Eduard Todt, Ernst-Albert Scharffenorth, Glen Harold Stassen, Authentic Faith: Bonhoeffer's Theological Ethics in Context, page 21",
          "text": "A strong tendency to heroicize death prevailed in the nihilism of the Third Reich.",
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          "text": "Professors of post-coloniality have a curious need to heroicize (and self-heroicize) and these Australians are no exception.",
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          "ref": "2018, Eugene Edward Beiriger, World War I: A Historical Exploration of Literature, page 16",
          "text": "Societies heroicize soldiers during war to encourage young men to enlist and their families to support the war effort.",
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        "To make or depict as heroic."
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  "word": "heroicize"
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      "form": "heroicizing",
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      "form": "heroicized",
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      "form": "heroicized",
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        },
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