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apotheosis

[uh-poth-ee-oh-sis, ap-uh-thee-uh-sis] / əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ sɪs, ˌæp əˈθi ə sɪs /


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But she later enjoyed an apotheosis as the matriarch of the largest empire the world had ever seen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The day before Germany’s 1937 “degenerate” art exhibit debuted, Hitler opened another art show, also in Munich — an apotheosis of Germanic taste, the “great German art exhibition.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

Borglum believed the American political system was the apotheosis of human civilization, and he wanted his sculpture to stand alongside the Parthenon and pyramids as testaments to grand civilizations and cultures.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2025

Scripture does not record the birth date of Jesus Christ, and so early Christian scholars spent centuries wrangling over when to celebrate this most important apotheosis.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Ironically, this disenchantment with Durham’s black elite among poor blacks came just as the former group realized its apotheosis.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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