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deification

noun as in apotheosis

noun as in glorification

noun as in hero worship

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But despite Kanwar’s deification, chances of justice for India’s last sati remain dim.

From BBC

Earlier this month, but what now seems like a lifetime ago, after the horrific attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the mythologizing bordering on deification of the former president began.

From Slate

Or they knew her story through the lens of her deification.

Maybe columnist Bill Plaschke and others can now stop the deification of Caleb Williams.

So the fact that we're seeing it leads a person to conclude that the conglomerate wants to send us a message about celebrity deification: "We glorify the auteur, no matter how feckless. And since we do, so should you."

From Salon

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

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