deify
deified; deifying; deifies
When you deify someone, you're paying the highest compliment: you're treating them like a god.
Maybe it's because people like to exaggerate, but we deify all the time. We deify the latest sports stars, singers, and actors. When politicians are popular, we deify them. Great writers and artists of the past — like Shakespeare and Picasso — are deified. Anytime we make someone seem so great, so powerful, so wonderful, and so amazing that it can't possibly be true, we're deifying them. Putting someone on a pedestal is something that we often do when we respect or love the person a lot.
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exalt to the position of a God“the people deified their King”
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type of:
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exalt
raise in rank, character, or status
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exalt
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consider as a god or godlike“These young men deify financial success”
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types:
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apotheose, apotheosise, apotheosize
deify or glorify
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apotheose, apotheosise, apotheosize
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