deification
Example Sentences
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The deification of our jazz dead is stunning to behold that way.
From Los Angeles Times
Or they knew her story through the lens of her deification.
From Los Angeles Times
The cultlike deification of Mr. Obama as some kind of White House celebrity broke the political press in Washington.
From Washington Times
She said that some in the university community embrace an “unhealthy deification” of Mr. Jefferson, adding, “That can be coded language for a lot of things.”
From New York Times
And its rigid hierarchy and customs do not mesh well with the deification of liberty and individualism that permeate U.S. culture.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
