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deification

noun as in apotheosis

noun as in glorification

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The deification of our jazz dead is stunning to behold that way.

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

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The cultlike deification of Mr. Obama as some kind of White House celebrity broke the political press in Washington.

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She said that some in the university community embrace an “unhealthy deification” of Mr. Jefferson, adding, “That can be coded language for a lot of things.”

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And its rigid hierarchy and customs do not mesh well with the deification of liberty and individualism that permeate U.S. culture.

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

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