protagonize
Verb
To set up as the protagonist, or most significant character or entity.
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Our project should be to protagonize ourselves, and yet, that project presents certain problems.
Self-protagonizing does not mean putting self first, nor maximizing self-gain. Rather, it expresses a certain sense of freedom […]
To be the protagonist, or most significant character or entity (of a literary work, etc.).
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For the sake of convenience, the name “Ernesto [Guevara]” will refer to the young medical student who protagonizes The Motorcycle Diaries (henceforth, Motorcycle Diaries).
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