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Recent Examples on the Web Our work points to a biological explanation for the deification of the species. Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021 There’s a deification of this absence. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2023 So there's a whole issue here around public understanding of both science and politics, about the management of public expectations, about how rapid the flow from hero to zero can be—the vast deification of politicians post-election or in times of crisis. Matt Simon, Wired, 1 June 2020 After a young linebacker named Todd Hodne was arrested for rape in 1978, head coach Joe Paterno kicked him off the team; yet, Hodne would go on to strike again and again, enabled in part by the culture of deification that surrounded the Nittany Lions. Longreads, 6 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for deification 

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“Deification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deification. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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