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Word: apotheosis (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
  • Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone with extraordinary power or status.
  • Loosely, release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
  • psychology 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.
  • The fact or action of becoming a god; deification.

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