semidivine
Americanadjective
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Origin of semidivine
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Without Khrushchev’s bold move to discredit the previously infallible, semidivine leader, there could have been no “thaw,” as the period he initiated was soon called.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mark and Karen’s disintegrating marriage is the main concern of Heather, the Totality, rather than Heather herself, who is so impossibly idealized as to seem semidivine.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2017
At the top was the emperor, who was considered semidivine.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
He was also the only one to enjoy a semidivine status, ascending to Olympus to join his immortal wife Hebe, after much trial and tribulation on earth.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
Everywhere there is the same pyramidal structure, the same worship of a semidivine leader, the same economy existing by and for continuous warfare.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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