as in worship
excessive admiration of or devotion to a person
the instant deification by the press of the country's newest war hero
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Recent Examples of deification
The deification of emperors was fairly standard practice at the time, and the spoof claimed to lift the lid on what really happened during the process.
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Mary Beard, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Bookstores still held their ground here among the shopfronts, and the deification of French writers living and dead was evinced everywhere in street names and statues and advertising hoardings for new novels.
—Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Our work points to a biological explanation for the deification of the species.
—Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
There’s a deification of this absence.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2023
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Mary Beard, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Bookstores still held their ground here among the shopfronts, and the deification of French writers living and dead was evinced everywhere in street names and statues and advertising hoardings for new novels.
—Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Our work points to a biological explanation for the deification of the species.
—Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
There’s a deification of this absence.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deification
Noun
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She is described in her obituary as an avid reader who loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band.Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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The disc featured 19 tracks of worship music imbued with rock, rap and Latin influences.Yacob Reyes, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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Notice that the exhibits never leave the domain of Afro-American-Christian adoration: God and prophecy do not exit the room.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
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Erivo’s performance in Wicked received wide adoration amongst thespians, but her looks won our fashion-loving hearts.Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
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But as a Christian, the bigger threat in the U.S. now seems to be Evangelical idolatry—this tendency of many Christians to turn a political candidate into an idol, particularly one who has proven himself so thoroughly unfit as Donald Trump.Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
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People begin drifting to certain games or consoles, staring intently at a wall of idolatry.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Deification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deification. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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