Thesaurus / deify
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A lot of us are so quick to deify Anthony Fauci, to condemn anyone still wearing a mask, to dismiss other people’s choices as inherently harmful, stupid, and, well, evil.
THE FEUD BETWEEN A WEED INFLUENCER AND SCIENTIST OVER PUKING STONERSAMANDA CHICAGO LEWISJULY 20, 2022MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWA movie that deified him AND gave me wacky cartoons was always going to win over my pea-sized brain.
DEBATING HOW SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY STACKS UP AGAINST THE ORIGINALCADY LANGJULY 19, 2021TIMEThe latter wished to deify Alexander; but Timaeus exalts Timoleon above the most venerable gods.
THE HISTORIES OF POLYBIUS, VOL. II (OF 2)POLYBIUSNot satisfied with three Gods, they must canonize and deify men and make saints and demi-gods.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: WAS HE A CHRISTIAN?JOHN B. REMSBURGIt is a ghastly thing to study these religions, and to see what dark and revolting qualities ignorance can deify.
THE SPANISH PIONEERSCHARLES F. LUMMISIt is not clear, then, how they can 'deify' classes of things, if they have no notion of deity.
SOCIAL ORIGINS AND PRIMAL LAWANDREW LANGHis choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or demonize his humanity.
TABLETSAMOS BRONSON ALCOTTMen always consider women unjust to them, when they fail to deify their weaknesses.
REVIEWSOSCAR WILDELet us leave weak mortals to crawl from error to error, and deify to-day what they will condemn to-morrow.
A DIALOGUE IN HADESJAMES JOHNSTONE, CHEVALIER DE JOHNSTONETo imprison Illowski meant danger; to kill him would deify him, for in the blood of martyrs blossom the seeds of mighty religions.
MELOMANIACSJAMES HUNEKERWORDS RELATED TO DEIFY
- admire
- adulate
- be attached to
- be captivated by
- be crazy about
- be enamored of
- be enchanted by
- be fascinated with
- be fond of
- be in love with
- canonize
- care for
- cherish
- choose
- deify
- delight in
- dote on
- esteem
- exalt
- fall for
- fancy
- glorify
- go for
- gone on
- have affection for
- have it bad
- hold dear
- hold high
- idolize
- long for
- lose one's heart to
- prefer
- prize
- put on pedestal
- think the world of
- thrive with
- treasure
- venerate
- wild for
- worship
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