DEIFICATION Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

deification

noun

ˌdē-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən

Definition of deification

as in worship

excessive admiration of or devotion to a person the instant deification by the press of the country's newest war hero

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Recent Examples of deification Since August the regime had been encouraging young people to come to Beijing to be received by Mao—in a bid to stir up more frenzy for Mao’s deification. — Literary Hub, 13 Jan. 2026 Thus, the project traces the societal implications of the deification of physical beauty, and how the international plastic surgery industry promotes these oppressive standards. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025 The mountain has been widely used by the Kim dynasty to showcase the family’s own lore and deification. — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 28 July 2025 Depictions of breastfeeding in Western art are usually associated with the baby Jesus and Mary, apart from others in gilded deification. — Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for deification

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Noun

Yet behind the festive atmosphere lies a tradition rooted in the worship of deities and rituals of protection.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Jacob is also a singer-songwriter and leads the synagogue’s folk-rock worship band, JewGrass Revival.

— Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026

Definition of worship

Noun

Part of that adoration comes from a high level of public awareness about wildlife and conservation in Tasmania, home to many endemic species found nowhere else in the world.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Marylanders showed their adoration by naming Montgomery County for him.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of adoration

Noun

With wide sidewalks and a friendly park sandwiched in the middle, this is the city’s best stroll for window shopping, people watching, and sun worshiping.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
By the nail holes above and beside the worshiping altar, the household hung garlands.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Feb. 2026

Definition of worshipping

Noun

But this facial gallery closed with the Western Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, which inherited a suspicion of idolatry from the Old Testament and Judaism.

— Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
The usual claims of occult idolatry, the sensitivity of children’s virgin eyes, and the fear of nurturing serial killers were at the heart of the debates, which had some comparing Schwartz to Jeffrey Dahmer and were only further accelerated by the intense graphics of illustrator Stephen Gammell.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026

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