deification
Example Sentences
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Sidestepping the deification of his subject, Mr. O’Meara humanizes Prefontaine in his vexing contradictions, buoyant spirit and brutal competitiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025
Maybe columnist Bill Plaschke and others can now stop the deification of Caleb Williams.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2023
Julius Caesar seems to have intended to be worshiped as a god in his lifetime, and later emperors may have been aware of this plan because many routinely pushed for deification during their own reigns.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Is Clara neurodivergent, thus prompting her mother’s coddling, or has her deification had a stunting effect on her social capacities?
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
The primal father of the horde was not yet immortal, as he later became by deification.
From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
