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deification

[dee-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌdi ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


NOUN
glorification
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To support his thesis, Altin pointed to a 3rd-century BC frieze depicting the deification of Homer, which he says reproduced the Bornova cave with remarkable precision.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Sidestepping the deification of his subject, Mr. O’Meara humanizes Prefontaine in his vexing contradictions, buoyant spirit and brutal competitiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2025

The process of deification had become so routine among later emperors that when the emperor Vespasian was dying, he is reported to have said, “Alas! I think I am becoming a god!”

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

The East was ever the home of flattery, which could hardly reach a higher point than that of deification.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches




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