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
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 deification that those folks made of Jerry is basically what killed him,” Weir said.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022
How far the deification process can go without bringing with it active relations, is well shown in the case of the ‘Father’ of the tribes of South-East Australia.
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by Leuba, James H. (James Henry)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
