deification

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
2. (uncountable, usually) Excessive praise.
3. (uncountable, usually) A deified embodiment.
4. (uncountable, usually) Union with God; theosis.

Concepts

déification

apothéose

exaltation

Synonymes

apotheosis

exaltation

idolization

worshipping

adoration

regarding something as sacred

deifying

honor

idolisation

Traductions

tanrılaştırma

Vergötterung

apoteose

yüceltme

αποθέωση

vergoding

apoteosi

deificación

deïficació

divinització

αγία

θεοποίηση

Vergötlichung

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: deificacion

In summary

From Middle English deificacion, from Middle French deifier + -acion or borrowed directly from Latin deificātiō, from deificō (“deify”) + -tiō (noun suffix), from deus (“god”) + -ficō (“make”). Equivalent to deify + -ication. In the Christian theological sense influenced by the use of deificātiō as Latin translation of Byzantine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).