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Apotheosis

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Noun

1. apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

2. apotheosis, deification, exaltation

the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Apotheosis

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noun plural -ses (-siːz)
1. 
the elevation of a person to the rank of a god; deification
2. 
glorification of a person or thing
3. 
a glorified ideal
4. 
the best or greatest time or event
the apotheosis of De Niro's career

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Apotheosis

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nounWord forms: plural aˌpotheˈoˌses (əˌpɑθiˈoʊˌsiz ; əpät hˌēōˈsēzˌ; ˌæpəθiˌsiz ; apˌət hēsēzˌ)
1. 
the act of raising a person to the status of a god; deification
2. 
the glorification of a person or thing
3. 
a glorified ideal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Apotheosis

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n. pl. a·poth·e·o·ses (-sēz′)
1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: "tried to attribute Warhol's current apotheosis to the subversive power of artistic vision" (Michiko Kakutani).
3. An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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