deifying

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It is certainly true that at some point we, as a culture, must stop deifying people whose work, message or backstory we admire.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

The journalists warning of the dangers of deifying Conway have most often aimed that message at adults.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020

“They are not perfect. They are not perfect. We have to stop deifying them,” Mr. Lemon said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2020

It acts as a deifying diptych to that of The Epic – from space to the earthly pursuit of heaven.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2019

In them a religious and realistic idea takes the place of the moralism of the Apologists, namely, the deifying of the human race through the incarnation of the Son of God.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil