Canonize and Decry

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Canonize verb - To assign a high status or value to.

Usage example: those movie buffs who have canonized Alfred Hitchcock as filmdom's preeminent director

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Decry is an antonym for canonize.

Decry verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.

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Canonize is an antonym for decry.

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Decry and Canonize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/canonize/decry

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