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apotheosis

[ uh-poth-ee-oh-sis, ap-uh-thee-uh-sis ]

noun

, plural a·poth·e·o·ses [uh, -poth-ee-, oh, -seez, ap-, uh, -, thee, -, uh, -seez].
  1. the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.
  2. the ideal example; epitome; quintessence:

    This poem is the apotheosis of lyric expression.



apotheosis

/ əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs /

noun

  1. the elevation of a person to the rank of a god; deification
  2. glorification of a person or thing
  3. a glorified ideal
  4. the best or greatest time or event

    the apotheosis of De Niro's career



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Word History and Origins

Origin of apotheosis1

1570–80; < Late Latin < Greek. See apo-, theo-, -osis

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apotheosis1

C17: via Late Latin from Greek: deification, from theos god

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Example Sentences

That transformation of the brand seems now to have its apotheosis in the arrival of the Tour de France.

Dance is a vehicle for personal expression, community storytelling, and the apotheosis of ceremony.

If life has such a thing as an apotheosis, it surely involves truffled capon.

Over the course of these novels, the style becomes increasingly parsimonious, reaching its apotheosis in The Golden Bowl.

These triumphs were seen as the apotheosis of human enterprise and might.

It may be looked upon as the apotheosis of the old style of organ-building, with low pressures, duplication, and mixtures.

In the maidenly beauty of her eighteenth spring, the young girl's glance wanders dreamily over the apotheosis of the setting sun.

So strict are we in etiquette; etiquette indeed being now upon its apotheosis, and after such efforts.

The chief feature in the celebration of the triumph was the apotheosis of the heroes who had fallen during the struggle.

The apotheosis of the old imperial times was made manifest amid fairy-like glamour.

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