To make heroic; to treat or portray someone or something as heroic.
From hero plus -ify (from Latin -ficare meaning to make), the suffix used to create verbs meaning 'to make or cause to be' as in glorify and vilify.
Heroify reveals something fascinating: propaganda works by heroifying ordinary soldiers, leaders, or movements—once you 'heroify' someone, it becomes hard to criticize them.
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