apotheosizing

verb

present participle of apotheosize
as in exalting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apotheosizing
  1. exalting
  2. canonizing
  3. honoring
  4. lionizing
  5. worshipping
  6. magnifying
  7. respecting
  8. dignifying
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  • This has been an awesome showcase of American community, with our own USMNT support and other countries’ diasporas springing up exalting watch parties all over the place.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The story goes that Balanchine was so struck by the multi-colored glow of the jewelry displays at the Van Cleef & Arpels New York showroom that this led him to create a dance exalting their beauty.
    — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Definition of exalting
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  • From ancient epics to contemporary headlines, humans have spent centuries canonizing courage as a rare and admirable virtue.
    — Cynthia Pury, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Ryan believes that canonizing Kirk as the patron saint of MAGA may have backfired in a subtle but important way.
    — Ryan Broderick, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of canonizing
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  • Fetterman was part of a small group of senators who attended a memorial dinner for Graham last month and sat on the bus with the McCormicks for the public ceremony honoring him the following day.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Garver also recently released her latest book, Romancing With the Stars, and will next embark on a 60th anniversary celebrity cruise honoring six decades of Family Affair before heading to Australia to produce a movie adapted from Pollyanna.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of honoring
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  • In the early days of the war, Union troops from Boston had borrowed the familiar melody of a religious camp meeting song and added new lyrics lionizing John Brown, the leader of the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • That brings us back to the folly of lionizing Kent as a conscientious objector to Trump and the president’s hawkish foreign policy as of late.
    — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of lionizing
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  • People have been kidnapped while driving on interstate roads, while worshipping at church, and while sleeping in their homes.
    — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Luckily, there are plenty of sun and heat-worshipping flowers that can stand up to and thrive in August weather.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of worshipping
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  • When spans of control expand without a corresponding investment in manager capability, organizations risk magnifying existing weaknesses, leading to less coaching, less clarity and less career support for employees.
    — Doug Dennerline, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Metallic gazing balls rested in birdbaths, reflecting it all back and magnifying the cheap treasures.
    — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of magnifying
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  • The influencer had amassed 50,000 followers, but not by respecting the boundaries of personal space — let alone the legal consequences of non-consensual filming inside a changing room.
    — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Finally, connect by truly listening, giving full attention and respecting silences.
    — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of respecting
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  • This deeply affecting memoir, which is strung like a wire between the alienation of the assembly line and the dignifying promise of literature, documents his experience.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of dignifying
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“Apotheosizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosizing. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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