deification
Example Sentences
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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
Maybe columnist Bill Plaschke and others can now stop the deification of Caleb Williams.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2023
Kowalski skillfully evades highway cops, nonchalantly accepts his deification by a rhapsodic radio D.J. named Super Soul, and befriends a succession of slender hippie-ish blondes.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
Julius Caesar seems to have intended to be worshiped as a god in his lifetime, and later emperors may have been aware of this plan because many routinely pushed for deification during their own reigns.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
That is glory; deification in all its modesty.
From My Recollections by Massenet, Jules
Vocabulary lists containing deification
The Souls of Black Folk
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"Reality Check," Vocabulary from the short story
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The Island of Doctor Moreau
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