English dictionary · noun

apotheosis

The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.

Meaning and definitions

1. The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
2. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
3. A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).

Connected roots

• the-

  god

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• theology

  the study of the nature of God and religious belief

• atheist

  a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods

• eleventh

  The ordinal form of the number eleven.

• theocracy

  Government under the control of a state religion.

• theism

  Belief in the existence of at least one deity.

• theocratic

  Pertaining to theocracy.

• theosophy

  a philosophy holding that knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual insight

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