deification
Origin of deification
1Other words from deification
- hy·per·de·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
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How to use deification in a sentence
But Michael Moynihan says we should resist the instant deification.
Edward Snowden, We Love You: Why We Should Resist the Hero Worship | Michael Moynihan | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFinally, as a Zionist, this deification of trauma appalls me.
Every passion and nearly every vice was the object of a monstrous deification.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) | John MorleyGratitude and admiration tended to the deification of departed heroes and other eminent persons.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantInto practical pantheism, and into the deification of human reason it does run.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham
As it was, the deification of the ruler had to provide the nexus, as in Alexanders empire.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe Syncism of gods or the deification of rulers, those are the only ways of amalgamating peoples.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for deification
/ (ˌdiːɪfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˌdeɪ-) /
the act or process of exalting to the position of a god
the state or condition of being deified
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