Definition of Deification

1. Noun. The condition of being treated like a god.

Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Derivative terms: Deify

2. Noun. An embodiment of the qualities of a god. "The capitalists' deification of capital"
Generic synonyms: Avatar, Embodiment, Incarnation
Derivative terms: Deify

3. Noun. The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god).
Exact synonyms: Apotheosis, Exaltation
Generic synonyms: Worship
Derivative terms: Deify, Deify, Exalt, Exalt

Definition of Deification

1. n. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.

Definition of Deification

1. Noun. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deification

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deification

deictic
deictic word
deictically
deictics
deid
deider
deidest
deids
deie
deies
deif
deifer
deifest
deific
deifical
deification (current term)
deifications
deified
deifier
deifiers
deifies
deiform
deiformity
deify
deifying
deign
deigned
deigneth
deigning
deignous

Literary usage of Deification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy (1897)
"deification OF PERSONALITY. NOTWITHSTANDING the rapid sale already of two editions of " Christ and Christmas," and many orders on hand, 1 have thought best ..."

2. Christian Mysticism: Considered in Eight Lectures Delivered Before the by William Ralph Inge (1899)
"It has indeed been said that " deification was the idea of salvation taught in the ... To modern ears the word " deification " sounds not only strange, ..."

3. Studies of the Gods in Greece at Certain Sanctuaries Recently Excavated by Louis Dyer (1891)
"... APPENDIX I THE deification OF ROMAN EMPERORS ROMAN imperialism has not usually been judged upon its merits. Perhaps this would have been otherwise ..."

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