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[ uh-poth-ee-oh-sis, ap-uh-thee-uh-sis ] / əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ sɪs, ˌæp əˈθi ə sɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR apotheosis ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural a·poth·e·o·ses [uh-poth-ee-oh-seez, ap-uh-thee-uh-seez]. /əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ siz, ˌæp əˈθi əˌsiz/. the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god. the ideal example; epitome; quintessence: This poem is the apotheosis of lyric expression. Origin of apotheosis1570–80; <Late Latin <Greek. See apo-, theo-, -osis Words nearby apotheosisapothecary, apothecary jar, apothecium, apothegm, apothem, apotheosis, apotheosize, apotropaic, apotropaism, app, appal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for apotheosisThat transformation of the brand seems now to have its apotheosis in the arrival of the Tour de France. A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore?|Clive Irving|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Dance is a vehicle for personal expression, community storytelling, and the apotheosis of ceremony. Challenging Religious Tradition for the Love of God — and the Love of Dance|Moral Courage|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST If life has such a thing as an apotheosis, it surely involves truffled capon. The Queen of the French Kitchen|Katie Baker|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Over the course of these novels, the style becomes increasingly parsimonious, reaching its apotheosis in The Golden Bowl. Henry James’s 1904 Sordid Little Sex Farce|Nathaniel Rich|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These triumphs were seen as the apotheosis of human enterprise and might. The 2013 Novel of the Year Is…|Nathaniel Rich|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST This apotheosis by the Imagination is the subject of my present lecture. The Pleasures of England|John Ruskin She saw her brother Asticot transfigured into the resplendent gentleman beyond her sphere, and sighed womanlike at my apotheosis. The Belovd Vagabond|William J. Locke Thus the apotheosis of man is the goal aimed at in all religious activity. The Christ Myth|Arthur Drews The characteristic of the modern movements par excellence is the apotheosis of the insignificant. Robert Browning|G. K. Chesterton Free henceforth from the service of sorrow, as are the immortals, he gloried in his apotheosis, majestically serene. Froth|Armando Palacio Valds
British Dictionary definitions for apotheosis
noun plural -ses (-siːz)the elevation of a person to the rank of a god; deification glorification of a person or thing a glorified ideal the best or greatest time or eventthe apotheosis of De Niro's career Word Origin for apotheosisC17: via Late Latin from Greek: deification, from theos god Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to apotheosiselevation, idolization, deification, immortalization |