martyrizing
Creating a saint
Martyrizing is putting someone to death or causing them to suffer for their beliefs, or treating someone as a martyr.
The word appears in religious and political contexts: The regime was martyrizing dissidents.
It can also mean making a martyr of oneself through excessive self-sacrifice or complaint: She's always martyrizing herself over the smallest inconveniences.
State of being canonized
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
witnessing · faith · devotion · suffering · crucifixion · stoning · burning · testimony
Disagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- executionCompleting a planned task
imprisonment · cause · ideology · revolution · activism · defiance · rebellion · propaganda
Exaggerated focus on own suffering
- dramatizingExaggerating emotional impact
- exaggeratingOverstating for effect
- complainingExpressing discontent verbally
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
persecution complex · attention-seeking · wallowing · manipulating · guilting · sympathy · grievance · injustice
Prioritizing others over oneself
- overworkingLaboring beyond healthy limits
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- caretakingAttending to needs
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
neglecting · enabling · codependency · resentment · boundaries · giving · depleting · thankless
sainthood
State of being canonized
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
beatification · witnessing · faith · devotion · suffering · crucifixion · stoning · burning · testimony · holiness
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
execution · imprisonment · cause · ideology · revolution · activism · defiance · rebellion · propaganda · commemoration
self-pity
Exaggerated focus on own suffering
- dramatizingExaggerating emotional impact
- exaggeratingOverstating for effect
- complainingExpressing discontent verbally
suffering · persecution complex · attention-seeking · wallowing · manipulating · guilting · sympathy · grievance · injustice · woe
selflessness
Prioritizing others over oneself
- overworkingLaboring beyond healthy limits
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- caretakingAttending to needs
exhaustion · neglecting · enabling · codependency · resentment · boundaries · giving · depleting · thankless · unappreciated
martyrizingvilifying
Maliciously disparaging someone
demonizing · condemning · dismissing · trivializing · mocking
martyrizingvillainizing
Portraying as evil
scapegoating · defaming · smearing · slandering · character assassination
martyrizingsaving
Reserving for future use
rescuing · sparing · preserving · protecting · delivering