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apothegmatical |
apothegmatist |
apothegmatize |
apothem |
apotheose |
apotheosis
| apotheosise
| apotheosize
| apothesis
| apotome
| apotropaic
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apotheosis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun apotheosis has 2 senses
- apotheosis(n = noun.person) ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; Array has particulars: crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey, class act, humdinger
- apotheosis(n = noun.act) deification, exaltation - the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god); Array is a kind of worship
is a kind of model, role model
Derived forms verb apotheosise1, verb apotheosize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
apotheosis, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to deify; from + to deify, a god.].
- The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, “the gods;” deification. [1913 Webster]
- Glorification; exaltation. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
apotheosis, n. (pl. apotheoses)
1 elevation to divine status; deification.
2 a glorification of a thing; a sublime example (apotheosis of the dance).
3 a deified ideal.
1 elevation to divine status; deification.
2 a glorification of a thing; a sublime example (apotheosis of the dance).
3 a deified ideal.
Etymology
eccl.L f. Gk apotheoo make a god of (as APO-, theos god)
THESAURUS
apotheosis
accolade, acme, admiration, adoration, adulation, aggrandizement, appreciation, approbation, approval, ascension, ascent, assumption, awe, beatification, beau ideal, bepraisement, best type, breathless adoration, canonization, congratulation, consideration, courtesy, culmination, cynosure, deference, deification, dignification, duty, ego ideal, elevation, eloge, embodiment, encomium, ennoblement, enshrinement, enthronement, epitome, erection, escalation, esteem, estimation, eulogium, eulogy, exaggerated respect, exaltation, excessive praise, favor, fetishization, flattery, gathering, glorification, glory, great respect, height, hero, hero worship, high regard, homage, hommage, honor, ideal, idolatry, idolization, idolizing, immortalization, kudos, last word, laud, laudation, lifting, lionization, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, mirror, overpraise, paean, panegyric, paragon, peak, praise, prestige, quintessence, raising, rearing, regard, respect, resurrection, reverence, reverential regard, sainting, sanctification, shining example, summit, sursum corda, the Ascension, the Assumption, translation, tribute, ultimate, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust, veneration, worshipROGET THESAURUS
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Reproduction
N reproduction, renovation, restoration, renewal, new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis, revivification, apotheosis, resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance, regrowth, Phoenix, generation, multiplication, reproduced, renascent, reappearing, reproductive, suigenetic.Heaven
N heaven, kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God, heavenly kingdom, throne of God, presence of God, inheritance of the saints in light, Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed, celestial bliss, glory, Olympus, Elysium (paradise), Elysian fields, Arcadia, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven, Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian), Nirvana (Buddhist), happy hunting grounds, Alfardaws, Assama, Falak al aflak the highest heaven (Mohammedan), future state, eternal home, eternal reward, resurrection, translation, resuscitation, apotheosis, deification, heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high, paradisiacal, beatific, elysian, looks through nature up to the nature's god, the great world's altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to God, the treasury of everlasting joy, vigeur de dessus.Idolatry
N idolatry, idolism, demonism, demonolatry, idol- worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship, zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism, ecclesiolatry, heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry, deification, apotheosis, canonization, hero worship, sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust, human sacrifices, immolation, mactation, infanticide, self-immolation, suttee, idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et penates, Baal, idolatrous, adorer le veau d'or.
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