deify

“We want to vilify people for transgressions and we deify sports heroes,” Abrams said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022

We build monuments and deify leaders in an effort to transcend our mortality.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2022

Why can’t Americans come to terms with our racist past without feeling compelled to demonize those we used to deify?

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2020

“It’s a celebration, but that doesn’t mean we sought to deify Elton or make him flawless or perfect,” Egerton added.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2019

Man’s subliminal urge to destroy what he could neither subdue nor deify.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

In a culture that deifies celebrities, Williams remains one whose memory is often invoked with affectionate nostalgia, accompanied by some of his better movie quotes, or from one of his stand-up sets.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2023

While Butler humanizes Elvis, Luhrmann deifies him and argues that he possessed far more radical potential, both musically and politically, than he was allowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

Gebru said the way the tech industry is covered by the media, which to her deifies tech leaders, helps shield tech companies from scrutiny.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2021

“Some men she extols, exalts, and almost deifies; others, whose virtues are far greater, and whose characters are more deserving of commendation, she passes by unheeded, and puts the finger of silence on her lips.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 16, 2020

It deifies Success—success in money-making—success of the coarsest and most materialistic kind.

From Austin and His Friends by Frederic H. Balfour

Ronald Reagan, who was once deified by American conservatives, saw his approval ratings plummet from 63% to 47% in December 1986 following news of the Iran-Contra scandal.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025

But rather than commune with Marika, his deified mother, Miquella wants to escape the strictures and expectations of her Golden Order.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

"The child would become deified and worshipped for generations as the villagers' intermediary with the gods".

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

Professional athletes — particularly male ones — are often deified by the public, said Derek Van Rheenen, an education professor at UC Berkeley who studies the intersection of sports and society.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2020

Quirinus was the name of the deified Romulus, the founder of Rome.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The journalists warning of the dangers of deifying Conway have most often aimed that message at adults.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2020

“They are not perfect. They are not perfect. We have to stop deifying them,” Mr. Lemon said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2020

It acts as a deifying diptych to that of The Epic – from space to the earthly pursuit of heaven.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019

"But it's not just deifying something because it's old," he insisted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2015

Subsequently the emperors assumed it during their own lifetimes, thus deifying themselves.

From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Louis Charles Karpinski