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apotheosis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deification, exaltation |
| Type of | worship |
Examples of apotheosis
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I believe this establishes me as the apotheosis of the postmodern feminist male.
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Apotheosis in music refers to the appearance of a theme in grand or exalted form.
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Reading this story is akin to being allowed behind the scenes at an apotheosis.
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In 1979, the collaboration was a kind of apotheosis of late-period minimalism.
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Apotheosis moments abound in music, and the word itself appears in some cases.
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Noir cinema reaches its apotheosis with Peckinpah's rendering of Jim Thompson.
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In the final tableau, the lovers are seen rising together to heaven in apotheosis.
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Finally, a deux ex machina appears and the lock of hair experiences an apotheosis.
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After just a year as leader of the opposition, it is a little early for apotheosis.
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- Ideal: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
- Deification: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
- Apotheosis (from Greek u1F00u03C0u03BFu03B8u03ADu03C9u03C3u03B9u03C2 from u1F00u03C0u03BFu03B8u03B5u03BFu1FE6u03BD, apotheoun "to deify"; in Latin deificatio "making divine"; also called divinization and deification) is the glorification of a subject to divine level. The term has meanings in theology, where it refers to a belief, and in art, where it refers to a genre.
- Douglas Arthur Hill (April 6, 1935 to June 21, 2007) was a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of a train driver, and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. ...
- The fact or action of becoming a god; deification; Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone with extraordinary power or status; A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief); Loosely, release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death; The latent entity that ...
- Final scene or tableau in which the characters are elevated to immortality.
- The metamorphosis of a human into a god; the deification of a person; see the story of Herakles' apotheosis and see the vase Toledo 1956.69 (image).
- The perfect (quintessential) example; to glorify as of supreme worth (used very frequently to describe a piece of music!)
- The true Utopia, the best-of-all-possible-worlds - not just freedom from pain and stress or a sterile round of endless physical pleasures, but the prospect of endless growth for every human being - growth in mind, in intelligence, in strength of personality; life without bound, without end; ...
