apotheosis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin apotheōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, “God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)) + -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”). By surface analysis, apo- +‎ theo- +‎ -sis. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /əˌpɑ.θiˈoʊ.sɪs/ Rhymes: -əʊsɪs === Noun === apotheosis (countable and uncountable, plural apotheoses) The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification. Synonyms: deification, (Mormonism) theogenesis, exaltation Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status. Synonyms: exaltation, glorification 1974, Per Lord Hailsham, Smedleys Ltd v Breed [1974]2 All ER 21(HL) at 24: A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief). Synonyms: apex, paragon The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development). Synonyms: apex, climax, culmination, peak, pinnacle (loosely) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death. Synonym: death (psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this. ==== Derived terms ==== apotheosize apotheotic ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== aseity theogony theogenesis autochthon == Latin == === Alternative forms === apoth. (abbreviation) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, “God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.pɔ.tʰeˈoː.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.po.teˈɔː.s̬is] === Noun === apotheōsis f (genitive apotheōsis); third declension apotheosis, deification ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “apotheosis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “apotheosis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “apotheosis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “apotheosis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin