heroicize

verb

1. (transitive)To make or depict as heroic.

   “A strong tendency to heroicize death prevailed in the nihilism of the Third Reich.”

   “Professors of post-coloniality have a curious need to heroicize (and self-heroicize) and these Australians are no exception.”

   “Societies heroicize soldiers during war to encourage young men to enlist and their families to support the war effort.”