Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of lionizing; the treating of persons or things as lions in the figurative sense; the pursuit or adulation of celebrities. See
lion , 6.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated An attracting of
attention , as alion (celebrity); the treating or regarding as a lion.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
lion + -ism
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Examples
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Local Council Chairman Lion John Ebanks also addressed the Lions and asked that they continue to market lionism and continue to serve.
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