apotheoses

noun

plural of apotheosis
as in manifestations
the most perfect type or example the apotheosis of the picaresque novel

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  1. manifestations
  2. classics
  3. models
  4. ideals
  5. incarnations
  6. perfections
Noun
  • But the competition for the Golden Lion and the festival’s other awards is only the start of Venice’s wide-ranging embrace of the art of cinema in its many manifestations.
    — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • If most people tend to think of the art as the visual or sonic manifestation one encounters, Protocol Art locates the art not in its manifestations but in the work that generates them.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of manifestations
Noun
  • The company is also leaning into classics with current releases including 4K restorations of Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s All Around Us and Hush!
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The menu from chef Tayler Ploshehanski is simply fun, rethinking bistro classics with a Midwestern take.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of classics
Noun
  • His stylish and souvenir models run up to 20 euros ($24) while the cheapest costs 6 euros.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Five days later, OpenAI announced that its own AI models were responsible for the incident during an internal cybersecurity test.
    — Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of models
Noun
  • Fedorov is right to say ideals should not die in warfare, or why else fight?
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Students converge on Morningside Heights because the university distills — and instills — the ideals of an open, democratic, pluralistic nation.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of ideals
Noun
  • More importantly, the franchise has jumped around in time — not just with the occasional time-travel subplot, but with different incarnations of the characters across the timeline.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Television has its own example in Doctor Who, where generations of viewers have embraced different actors as the Doctor without abandoning earlier incarnations.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of incarnations
Noun
  • The collection is built around a fascination of the forest, its mystery, beauty, and the sublime forces of nature, its perfections and imperfections.
    — Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of perfections
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