extolment

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪkˈstoʊlmənt/ UK /ɪkˈstəʊlmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of praising highly; lavish praise

The biography drifts into uncritical extolment of its subject.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of praising highly;... praiselaudationacclaim glorification eulogy commendation

Opposites

condemnation criticism disparagement

Word family

Related forms extolextoller

Etymology

From extol + -ment. Extol derives from Latin extollere ('to lift up, praise'), from ex- ('up') + tollere ('to raise, lift').

extollere Latin tollere Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# extolment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstoʊlmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈstəʊlmənt/

## Meanings
1. the act of praising highly; lavish praise

## Examples
- The biography drifts into uncritical extolment of its subject.

## Synonyms
- praise
- laudation
- acclaim
- glorification
- eulogy
- commendation

## Antonyms
- condemnation
- criticism
- disparagement

## Related Forms
- extol
- extoller

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: extollere
- Root: tollere

## Etymology
From extol + -ment. Extol derives from Latin extollere ('to lift up, praise'), from ex- ('up') + tollere ('to raise, lift').

## AI Etymology
Extolment comes from extol + -ment. Extol derives from Latin extollere ('to lift up, praise'), from ex- ('up') + tollere ('to raise, lift'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: ex- and -ment marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "the act of praising highly; lavish praise", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as extol and extoller, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin extollere and Latin tollere, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by praise, laudation, acclaim, and glorification on one side and contrasts such as condemnation, criticism, and disparagement on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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