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i|con|ize
i|con|ize «Y kuh nyz», transitive verb, -ized, -iz|ing.
to make an idol of; venerate uncritically: »

In the land of his birth Lenin has been iconized and transmogrified into a sugary shibboleth (New Scientist).


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