glorification

Noun

Meaning

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

glory idealization idealisation hallelujah ascension transfiguration hosanna encomium respect honor worship elevation celebration praise acclaim
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Antonyms

vilification perspective degradation hatred blessing contempt
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Hypernyms

honor appreciation admiration adoration honour laurels

Hyponyms

romanticization sentimentalisation sentimentalization romanticisation

Phrases with the word

self-glorification

Examples

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so. Theodor Adorno

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war. Arthur Henderson

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion. Pierre de Coubertin

Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced. Hans Hofmann

A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal. Andrew Cohen

The Temple will not be completed until every living stone is there. And then what? The next thing will be that which our Masonic friends make so much of, and which we make so much of namely: the glorification of the temple. Charles Taze Russell

Close letter words and terms

gloried gloriette glorifiable glorified glorified order glorified puppet