apotheosis
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apotheosis
- /əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/ UK
- /əˌpɑ.θiˈoʊ.sɪs/ US
Rhymes with -əʊsɪs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin apotheōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, “God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)) + -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”). By surface analysis, apo- + theo- + -sis.
noun apotheoses
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The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
In Rome itself the official position was clear: the apotheosis of the emperor took place only after his death; this had to be officially recognized by the Senate, and only then did the emperor become a divus with an official cult.
Similar: deification, theogenesis, exaltation
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Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology.
Similar: exaltation, glorification
- A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief). In his despair he had nowhere to turn. It is the very apotheosis of the place and the time.
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The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
The apotheosis of her career was her appointment as chairman.
Similar: apex, climax, culmination, peak, pinnacle
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Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing — straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!
Similar: death
- The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.
Translations
Every language
noun deification; becoming a god
| Español | apoteosis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신으로 모심 sineuro mosim, 신격화 sin'gyeokhwa |
| 日本語 | 神格化 shinkakuka |
| Português | apoteose, deificação, endeusamento |
| Français | apothéose |
| Deutsch | Gottwerdung, Apotheose |
| Italiano | apoteosi, deificazione, divinizzazione |
| Русский | обожествле́ние obožestvlénije |
| עברית | הַאֲלָהָה ha'alahá |
noun glorification, exaltation
| 中文 | 美化 měihuà |
|---|---|
| Português | apoteose |
| Deutsch | Vergötterung, Apotheose, Verherrlichung, Vergöttlichung |
| Italiano | esaltazione, apoteosi, delirio, glorificazione, incensamento, magnificazione |
| Русский | прославле́ние proslavlénije |
noun best moment or highest point in the development of something
| Español | apoteosis |
|---|---|
| Português | apoteose, auge, ápice |
| Deutsch | Höhepunkt |
| Italiano | apoteosi, apice, culmine, trionfo |
noun release from earthly life
| Русский | вознесе́ние voznesénije |
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