sublimificationn.
/səˌblɪmᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /səˌblɪməfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Now rare.
The action or process of making a person or thing pure, noble, or perfect; elevation to a higher state, rank, or esteem. Also: an instance or the result of this.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun]
fullfremednesseOE
perfectionc1350
perfectnessa1387
meurte1474
thummim1539
flourish1597
finishing1757
reproachlessness1803
perfectibility1809
sublimification1868
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > bringing to perfection
perfectinga1513
perfectioning1548
sublimation1599
perfectionating1695
perfectionizing1808
perfectionation1812
perfectionment1827
perfectation1832
perfectionizement1844
sublimification1886
1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Aug. 6 Mrs. Borradaile emerged from her baths in a state of sublimification which we should have thought would have made her marriage certain.
1886 Doctor 15 Dec. 4/1 Mr. Irving is especially an adept at the game which has elevated Mr. Whistler and Mr. Oscar Wilde upon pedestals... This game..is the ‘Sublimification of the Trivial’.
1890 M. O. Stanton Syst. Physiognomy I. i. 15 Standing at the apex of all creation is man, the very epitome, sublimification, and essence of creative energy.
1928 F. B. Austin Saga of Sword 11 That awesome Mother-Goddess who derived from the very beginnings of humanity an all-embracing sublimification of the first recognised relationship.
2001 H. E. Allison Kant's Theory of Taste iv. xiii. 331 The major interest of the passage lies..in its apparent glorification or, perhaps better, ‘sublimification’ of war.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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