as in deity
the quality or state of being divine according to Greek myth, Hercules was granted godhood after his death

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Recent Examples of godhood Season one concluded with the triumph of Mrs. Astor agreeing to come to her ball; season two ended with Bertha’s ascent to social godhood after building her own opera hall and functionally burning the old one to the ground. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025 So by The Final Reckoning, his nigh godhood is at hand. David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025 But Shinra has an ace up their sleeve: their solider Sephiroth, long thought dead, is alive and intent on achieving godhood. Richard Newby, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024 Subin takes us centuries back to Columbus, Cortes and Cook and the self-serving myths of conquistador godhood. Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022 The photo was received in Vanuatu as further proof of his godhood. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
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Noun
  • The film very loosely adapts one tale from the lore of the titular Chinese protection deity, an eccentric-looking boy warrior of mystical, demonic birth.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Going further back, a sun disk hovered over the ancient Egyptian god Ra, and in Eastern religions a nimbus halo appeared over the Buddha and the Hindu deities.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • They’ve been tied to strength, divinity, and sacred energy.
    Essence, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Evoking divinity and a potential abode for the kami, or sacred spirits, the colossal site-specific work spans 797 square feet across two walls in the foyer leading to The Shinto Shrine, enshrining the sun goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami, the Japanese sun goddess and a central deity in Shinto mythology.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Godhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godhood. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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