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单词 unpedestal
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unpedestalv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛdᵻstl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛdəst(ə)l/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and pedestal v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, pedestal v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + pedestal v.
transitive. To remove from a pedestal. Chiefly figurative: to remove from a position of being (unduly) admired or exalted.
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the mind > emotion > humility > make humble [verb (transitive)]
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to level up, down1791
unpedestal1821
to take the starch out of1830
1821 Fair Witch of Glas Llyn in Tales of my Landlord New Ser. II. 38 Force me not to unpedestal you from the proud height to which my adoring fancy has raised you.
1832 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 247/1 Will another hundred years..unpedestal the poets from their great niches in Fame's Temple?
1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley I. xii. 278 He did not think..there was any danger of George Sand's un-pedestaling the Cotins, Sevignes.., and Despinasses of the olden time.
1915 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 23 Nov. 4/1 We Americans..can pedestal and unpedestal men of the hour with startling rapidity.
1998 R. Coover Ghost Town 29 He would like to unpedestal himself out of their regard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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