单词 | apotheosis |
释义 | a·poth·e·o·sis (ə-pŏth′ē-ōsĭs, ăp′ə-thēə-sĭs) n. pl. a·poth·e·o·ses (-sēz′) 1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification. 2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: "tried to attribute Warhol's current apotheosis to the subversive power of artistic vision" (Michiko Kakutani). 3. An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage. [Late Latin apotheōsis, from Greek, from apotheoun, to deify : apo-, change; see APO- + theos, god; see dhēs- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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