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as in deity
the quality or state of being divine
Henry David Thoreau felt the presence of divinity in every part of nature
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the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
communal worship of the Divinity was expected of every member of the colony
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If that elegant performance questioning the nature of divinity stood at one pole during the evening, the other was reached by Bailey Zimmerman, stretching the limits of the dress code by rocking out in white cut-off shorts amid his band’s hair-metal-style rocking out and a confetti explosion.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Centuries later, Hui points out, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about reading in a similar way—treating the pursuit of truth as a sort of divinity.
—Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024
But Mann also knew that, to withstand our attraction to death, a decent society has to be built on a foundation deeper than politics: the belief that, somewhere between matter and divinity, we human beings, made of water, protein, and love, share a common destiny.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Will true believers in Powers’s literary-ethical divinity feel betrayed by the late revelation, given their sincere investment in the story?
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Centuries later, Hui points out, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about reading in a similar way—treating the pursuit of truth as a sort of divinity.
—Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024
But Mann also knew that, to withstand our attraction to death, a decent society has to be built on a foundation deeper than politics: the belief that, somewhere between matter and divinity, we human beings, made of water, protein, and love, share a common destiny.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Will true believers in Powers’s literary-ethical divinity feel betrayed by the late revelation, given their sincere investment in the story?
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Divinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divinity. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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