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deification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English deificacion, from Middle French deifier + -acion or borrowed directly from Latin deificātiō(n), from deific(ā) (“deify”) + -tiō(n) (noun suffix), from de(i) (“god”) + -ficō (“make”). By surface analysis, deif(y) + -ication. * In the Christian, theological sense, influenced by the use of deificātiō(n) as Latin translation of Byzantine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
2. (uncountable, usually) Excessive praise.
3. (uncountable, usually) A deified embodiment.
   • We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority. 2013, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice:
4. (uncountable, usually) Union with God; theosis.
   • There is an experiential component to Maximos’ writings: he draws upon the reality of the contemplative life and in doing so secures deification as the goal of the monastic spiritual life in Orthodoxy. 2010, Paul M. Collins, Partaking in Divine Nature: Deification and Communion, page 108:

Forms

Deriveds

semideification

Synonyms

divinization (act of deifying) · apotheosis (act of deifying) · divinisation (act of deifying) · euhemerization (act of deifying; chiefly Chinese contexts)

Translations (23)

fi jumalallistaminen (Act of deifying) · pt endeusamento (Act of deifying) · nl vergoding (Act of deifying) · de Vergötterung (Act of deifying) · is dýrkun (Act of deifying) · el αποθέωση (Act of deifying) · ar تَأْلِيه (Act of deifying) · fi deifikaatio (Act of deifying) · ca deïficació (Act of deifying) · pl deifikacja (Act of deifying) · hu megistenülés (Act of deifying) · sv förgudning (Act of deifying) · ru боготворе́ние (Act of deifying) · fr déification (Act of deifying) · ru обожествле́ние (Act of deifying) · grc ἀποθέωσις (Act of deifying) · bg боготворене (Act of deifying) · mk боготворење (Act of deifying) · es deificación (Act of deifying) · el θεοποίηση (Act of deifying) · pt deificação (Act of deifying) · nl vergoddelijking (Act of deifying) · da forgudelse (Act of deifying)