heroification

heroification (uncountable)

1. The act of heroifying.

   Twentieth-century public school textbooks often performed heroification on important American historical figures.

   • 1996, James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong:

     Heroification is a degenerative process (much like calcification) that makes people over into heroes. Through this process, our educational media turn flesh-and-blood individuals into pious, perfect creatures without conflicts, pain, credibility, or human interest.