Vergötterung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adulation noun Excessive praise or admiration, often insincere.
- apotheosis noun The act of raising someone to the rank of a god.
- idolatry noun The worship of a physical image or object as a god, treated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam as a serious religious offense.
Senses
Vergötterung is used for these senses in English:
- adulation Flattery; fulsome praise.
- apotheosis Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
- deification The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
- idolatry (figurative) The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
apotheosis — full definition
- noun The act of raising someone to the rank of a god.
- noun Great praise given to someone or something, treating it as if it had remarkable power or status.
- noun A perfect example of something; the highest point of an idea or belief.
- noun The finest or most successful stage in the growth of something, such as a career, marking its peak.
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