apotheosis

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
2. (countable, uncountable) Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
3. (countable, uncountable) A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
4. (countable, uncountable) The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
5. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
6. (countable, uncountable) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.

Synonyms

deification

exaltation

glorification

triumph

😤

ideal

idolization

saint

nonpareil

nonsuch

paragon

nonesuch

regarding something as sacred

perfection

praise

sacred

aggrandizement

Translations

apothéose

apoteosis

Apotheose

apoteosi

apoteose

apotheose

Vergötterung

verheerlijking

tanrılaştırma

Vergöttlichung

αποθέωση

divinizzazione

apotheosis

apoteosi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apotheōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, “God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)) + -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”). By surface analysis, apo- + theo- + -sis.