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self-deification
self-deification n. 
/ˌsɛlfdiːᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/,
Brit. /ˌsɛlfdeɪᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/
, /ˌsɛlfdeɪᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn//ˌsɛlfdiːᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌdiəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
/ˌsɛlfˌdiəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1637 Earl of Monmouth in tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4 The selfe-deification of Romulus.
1730 F. Bruys Art knowing Women 24 Among Men, it is the Art of passing for perfect; a Sort of Self-Deification.
1903 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 510 She..has carried self-deification to a length which has not before been ventured in ages.
2014 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 18 Mar. 16 This is not merely an exercise in self-justification, it is an exercise in self-deification.
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