verb
- placing someone or something on a pedestal; treating with excessive admiration or reverence
Usage: present participle of ‘pedestal’; informal
Examples
- She was pedestaling her favorite author, refusing to see any flaws in his work.
- The fans were pedestaling the celebrity to an unhealthy degree.
- Stop pedestaling your ex-boyfriend and see him for who he really was.
- The media has been pedestaling this politician for months.
- He realized he had been pedestaling his childhood memories.
- Pedestaling historical figures can prevent us from learning from their mistakes.