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单词 bunyanize
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Definition of bunyanize in US English:

bunyanize

(British bunyanise)
verbˈbənyəˌnīzˈbənyəˌnīz
[with object]
  • Cause (someone) to appear heroic or larger than life.

    How are you going to allow teachers to finish their work if you keep bunyanizing them?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • How, then, are you going to allow teachers to finish their work if you keep bunyanizing them?
    • I myself believe that the Gods of all realms, from the lowest to highest, do not want us to bunyanize them, but rather to understand them.
    • Besides the creation of artificial folk heroes, or the Bunyanizing of genuine ones, mass culture breeds its own special varieties of folklore.

Origin

1950s: after Paul Bunyan, legendary American giant lumberjack.

Definition of bunyanize in US English:

bunyanize

(British bunyanise)
verbˈbənyəˌnīz
[with object]
  • Cause (someone) to appear heroic or larger than life.

    How are you going to allow teachers to finish their work if you keep bunyanizing them?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Besides the creation of artificial folk heroes, or the Bunyanizing of genuine ones, mass culture breeds its own special varieties of folklore.
    • How, then, are you going to allow teachers to finish their work if you keep bunyanizing them?
    • I myself believe that the Gods of all realms, from the lowest to highest, do not want us to bunyanize them, but rather to understand them.

Origin

1950s: after Paul Bunyan, legendary American giant lumberjack.

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