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deification

[dee-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌdi ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


NOUN
glorification
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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

The deification of our jazz dead is stunning to behold that way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

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

To do so from our point of view would be nothing else than an intolerable deification of a human being.”

From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald




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