deify
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deify
- /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.faɪ/ UK
- /ˈdiː.ɪ.faɪ/ UK
- /ˈdiː.ə.faɪ/ US
- /ˈdeɪ.ə.faɪ/ US
Where it comes from
From French déifier, from Latin deificāre, from deus (“god”). By surface analysis, deity + -ify.
verb deifies · deifying · deified
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To make into a god.
Near-synonyms: demideify, mythologize
Similar: divinize, apotheosize, euhemerize, demideify, mythologize · Opposite: undeify, disdeify, ungod, euhemerize
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To regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt.
“Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said.
Similar: divinize, apotheosize, exalt, idealize
Translations
Every language
verb to make into a god
| Español | deificar, endiosar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신으로 섬기다 sineuro seomgida, 신성해지다 sinseonghaejida |
| हिन्दी | पूजा करना pūjā karnā |
| Kiswahili | mungu |
| Português | deificar, endeusar, divinizar |
| Français | déifier |
| Deutsch | als Gott verehren, vergöttern |
| Italiano | deificare, venerare, divinizzare |
| Ελληνικά | θεοποιώ theopoió |
| Русский | обожествля́ть obožestvljátʹ, боготвори́ть bogotvorítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | phong thần, sùng bái như thần, tôn làm thần |
| العربية | أَلَّهَ ʔallaha |
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