Noun
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe capitalists' deification of capital Source: Internet
According to Samuel Angus (1925) the gnostic sectarians also sought to reconcile the individual to their own personal deification ( henosis ), making each individual God. Source: Internet
After a seven-day interval (justitium) Marcus and Lucius nominated their father for deification. Source: Internet
Etymology The name Dagda may ultimately be derived from the Proto-Indo-European *Dhagho-deiwos "shining divinity", the first element being cognate with the English word " day ", and possibly a byword for a deification of a notion such as "splendour". Source: Internet
It has been argued (most extensively by Marshall Sahlins ) that such coincidences were the reasons for Cook's (and to a limited extent, his crew's) initial deification by some Hawaiians who treated Cook as an incarnation of Lono. Source: Internet
Conventional explanations refer to such things as the fanciful human imagination, the rich and varied proto-religious inputs into formative Hinduism, and prehistoric deification of charismatic human figures into legendary archetypes. Source: Internet