deification

See also: déification

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French déification

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deification (usually uncountable, plural deifications)

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

Act of deifying

• Arabic: تَأْلِيه m (taʔlīh)
• Bulgarian: боготворене (bg) (bogotvorene)
• Catalan: deïficació f
• Dutch: vergoding f
• Finnish: deifikaatio, jumalallistaminen
• French: déification (fr) f
• German: Vergötterung f
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• Greek: θεοποίηση (el) f (theopoíisi), αποθέωση (el) f (apothéosi)
• Icelandic: dýrkun f
• Macedonian: боготворење n (bogotvorenje)
• Polish: deifikacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: deificação (pt) f, endeusamento (pt) m
• Russian: обожествле́ние (ru) n (obožestvlénije), боготворе́ние n (bogotvorénije)
• Spanish: deificación f

Anagrams

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