deification

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Noun

deification (uncountable)

1. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
2. Excessive praise.
3. A deified embodiment.
   • 2013, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice:

     We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority.

Synonyms

• (act of deifying) divinisation or divinization; apotheosis

Translations

• French: déification
• German: Vergötterung
• Portuguese: deificação, endeusamento
• Russian: обожествле́ние
• Spanish: deificación

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