monumentalize

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Etymology

From monumental +‎ -ize.

Verb

monumentalize (third-person singular simple present monumentalizes, present participle monumentalizing, simple past and past participle monumentalized)

  1. To make something become or appear monumental
    • 1988 January 22, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”, in Chicago Reader:
      The film follows three days in her regulated life, and Akerman's intense concentration on her daily activities, monumentalized by Babette Mangolte's superb cinematography and mainly frontal camera setups [] .

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