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APOTHEOSIS
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Irregular inflected form: apotheoses
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
Synonyms:
apotheosis; deification; exaltation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("apotheosis" is a kind of...):
worship (the activity of worshipping)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
Synonyms:
apotheosis; ideal; nonesuch; nonpareil; nonsuch; paragon; saint
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("apotheosis" is a kind of...):
model; role model (someone worthy of imitation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apotheosis"):
crackerjack; jimdandy; jimhickey (someone excellent of their kind)
class act (someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence)
humdinger (someone of remarkable excellence)
Derivation:
apotheosise; apotheosize (deify or glorify)
