monumentalizing
Rendering grandly commemorative
Monumentalizing is making something into a monument or treating it as monumental—granting it lasting significance, permanence, or grandeur.
The word often carries critical undertones, suggesting that something is being inflated beyond its actual importance or frozen in an idealized form: The documentary risks monumentalizing a flawed historical figure.
Artists and architects monumentalize subjects through scale, material, or placement.
Impressive splendor and scale
- magnitudeSize or scale
- colossalExtremely large in scale
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- toweringOf imposing height
massive · epic · grandiose · oversized · larger-than-life · ambitious · sweeping · expansive
Preserving someone's legacy
- enshriningPreserving as sacred
- immortalizingMaking lastingly remembered
- honoringRecognizing with respect
- tributeOffering of respect
legacy · remembrance · dedication · preservation · celebration · homage · reverence · posterity
Shaped three-dimensional art
- statuaryThree-dimensional carved figures
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- pedestalSupport for statuary
figurative · casting · carving · bas-relief · equestrian · bust · effigy · plinth
Making legendary or sacred
- idealizingAttributing perfection to
- sanitizingEliminating harmful microorganisms
- whitewashingConcealing unpleasant facts
- selectiveChoosing with care
revisionist · propaganda · nationalist · imperial · colonial · erasure · contested · problematic
grandeur
Impressive splendor and scale
towering · massive · epic · grandiose · oversized · larger-than-life · ambitious · sweeping · expansive · immense
memorializing
Preserving someone's legacy
- enshriningPreserving as sacred
- immortalizingMaking lastingly remembered
- honoringRecognizing with respect
tribute · legacy · remembrance · dedication · preservation · celebration · homage · reverence · posterity · canonizing
sculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
pedestal · figurative · casting · carving · bas-relief · equestrian · bust · effigy · plinth · installation
mythologizing
Making legendary or sacred
- idealizingAttributing perfection to
- sanitizingEliminating harmful microorganisms
- whitewashingConcealing unpleasant facts
selective · revisionist · propaganda · nationalist · imperial · colonial · erasure · contested · problematic · hagiography
monumentalizingminimizing
Reducing to smallest extent
diminishing · downplaying · trivializing · belittling · shrinking
monumentalizingforgetting
Failing to retain memories
erasing · obliterating · effacing · damnatio memoriae · neglecting
monumentalizingdebunking
Proving claims false
deflating · mocking · satirizing · profaning · desecrating
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