Deification

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or process of deifying.
  • noun. The condition of being deified.
  • noun. One that embodies the qualities of a god.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of deifying; the state of being raised to the rank of a deity; a deified embodiment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
  • noun. the condition of being treated like a god
  • noun. an embodiment of the qualities of a god
    • Word Usage
    "Mandela said a week ago when he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations, that we must fight against and defeat what he described as the deification of arms, the seemingly entrenched view that to kill another person is a natural way of advancing one's cause or an obviously correct manner by which to resolve disputes."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    avatar  condition  embodiment  incarnation  status  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apocatastasis  entombment  glorification  lividity  metempsychosis  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accolade  admiration  adoration  adulation  aggrandizement  
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