different between deification vs deify

English

Etymology

French déification

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

deification (usually uncountable, plural deifications)

1. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
2. Excessive praise.
3. A deified embodiment.
   • 2013, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice:

     We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority.

Synonyms

• (act of deifying): divinisation or divinization; apotheosis

Translations

Anagrams

• edification

English

Etymology

From French déifier, from Latin deific?re, from deus (“god”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?de?.?.fa?/, /?di?.?.fa?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?di?.?.fa?/, /?de?.?.fa?/

Verb

deify (third-person singular simple present deifies, present participle deifying, simple past and past participle deified)

1. (transitive) To make a god of (something or someone).
2. (transitive) To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

Synonyms

• (to make a god of something): apotheosize, exalt, idealize

Related terms

• deific
• deification
• deified

Translations

Anagrams

• edify