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обожествле́ние — meaning in English

obozhestvleniye

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English meaning

  • 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

обожествле́ние is used for these senses in English:

  • deification The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
  • divinization The act or process of making divine.
  • idolatry (figurative) The excessive admiration of somebody or something.

apotheosis — full definition

  1. noun The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
  2. noun Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
  3. noun A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
  4. 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).

idolatry — full definition

  1. noun The worship of a physical image or object as a god, treated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam as a serious religious offence.
  2. noun Excessive or uncritical admiration for a person or thing, to the point where it resembles worship.

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