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The term "lionize" in literature often conveys a sense of exaggerated admiration or praise, sometimes highlighting the superficial nature of such acclaim. In Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, for instance, the narrator observes that despite having barely met the subject, she quickly took it upon herself to lionize him [1]. This usage not only underscores the fleeting and often unearned fervor of public adulation but also subtly critiques the societal tendency to elevate individuals based on minimal acquaintance rather than genuine merit.
  1. I had only met her once before, but she took it into her head to lionize me.
    — from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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