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glorification
[glawr-uh-fi-key-shuhn, glohr-] 
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glorification
[glawr-uh-fi-key-shuhn, glohr-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of glorifying |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, deification, exaltation, translation |
| Antonyms: | vilification |
| Main Entry: | adoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense love |
| Synonyms: | admiration, amore, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, hankering, honor, idolatry, idolization, infatuation, pash, passion, puppy love, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, worshipping, yen* |
| Antonyms: | abhorrence, detestation, disrespect, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | celebration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commemoration of occasion, achievement |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, bash*, birthday, blast*, blowout, carousal, ceremony, conviviality, festival, festivity, fete, frolic, gaiety, gala, glorification, hilarity, honoring, hoopla, hullabaloo*, jollification, joviality, jubilation, jubilee, keeping, magnification, memorialization, merriment, merrymaking, observance, party, performance, recognition, remembrance, revelry, saturnalia, solemnization, spree, triumph, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dedication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | speech of praise; sanctification |
| Synonyms: | address, celebration, consecration, devotion, envoy, glorification, hallowing, inscription, message |
| Antonyms: | apathy |
| Main Entry: | elevation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, promotion |
| Synonyms: | aggrandizement, apotheosis, boost, deification, eminence, ennoblement, exaltation, exaltedness, glorification, grandeur, immortalization, lionization, loftiness, magnification, nobility, nobleness, preference, preferment, prelation, raise, sublimity, upgrading |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
| Antonyms: | demotion, disdain, spurning |
| Main Entry: | eulogy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclamation |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, accolade, adulation, applause, citation, commendation, compliment, encomium, exaltation, glorification, laudation, paean, panegyric, plaudit, salutation, tribute |
| Antonyms: | calumny, condemnation, criticism |
| Main Entry: | exaltation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, advancement, aggrandizement, apotheosis, applause, blessing, dignity, elevation, eminence, ennoblement, extolment, glorification, glory, grandeur, high rank, homage, honor, idolization, laudation, lionization, loftiness, magnification, panegyric, plaudits, prestige, reverence, rise, tribute, upgrading, uplifting, worship |
| Antonyms: | castigation, condemnation, criticism, debasement, denunciation, humiliation |
| Main Entry: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respect |
| Synonyms: | account, adoration, adulation, aggrandizement, apotheosis, approbation, attention, canonization, celebration, confidence, consideration, credit, deference, deification, dignity, distinction, elevation, esteem, exaltation, faith, fame, fealty, glorification, glory, greatness, high standing, homage, immortalization, laud, laurel, lionization, notice, obeisance, popularity, praise, prestige, rank, recognition, renown, reputation, repute, reverence, tribute, trust, veneration, worship, wreath |
| Antonyms: | debasement, degradation, denunciation, derision, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, humiliation |
| Main Entry: | immortality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enduring fame |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, fame, famousness, glorification, glory, greatness, lasting fame, renown |
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