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deify

verb as in elevate, glorify

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A lot of us are so quick to deify Anthony Fauci, to condemn anyone still wearing a mask, to dismiss other people’s choices as inherently harmful, stupid, and, well, evil.

A movie that deified him AND gave me wacky cartoons was always going to win over my pea-sized brain.

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To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are.

This on a continent where most people nearly deify the Clintons, and almost all American presidents.

The latter wished to deify Alexander; but Timaeus exalts Timoleon above the most venerable gods.

Not satisfied with three Gods, they must canonize and deify men and make saints and demi-gods.

It is a ghastly thing to study these religions, and to see what dark and revolting qualities ignorance can deify.

It is not clear, then, how they can 'deify' classes of things, if they have no notion of deity.

His choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or demonize his humanity.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deify, such as: idealize, adore, consecrate, ennoble, enthrone, and exalt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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