Vergötterung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adulation noun Excessive praise or admiration, often insincere.
- apotheosis noun The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
- idolatry noun The worship of a physical image or object as a god, treated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam as a serious religious offence.
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 fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
- noun Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
- noun A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
- noun The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).