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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Alexandra Bregman,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deification
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This is an agiary, a Zoroastrian place of worship for India’s Parsi community, where priests in white robes stoke a sacred flame around the clock and recite ancient Avestan prayers that have survived three millennia.
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For generations, churches have served not only as houses of worship, but as gathering places where questions of justice, voting rights and public leadership are debated.
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Wong says her journey has been rooted in a fundamental adoration for the pure impact of cuisine and the need to never forget the flavors that carved her family's path to their future.
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The feverish adoration of kolaches, originally a Czech creation brought to Texas by immigrants, is no coincidence at the historic Pearl.
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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.
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By the nail holes above and beside the worshiping altar, the household hung garlands.
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Sometimes it has been connected with Catholic nationalism; at other times it has been promoted as the opposite — as an antidote to the idolatry of the state.
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Hyper-racial idolatry may be too competitive a field on the internet to cut through.
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“Deification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deification. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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