İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. ilahlastirma, tanrilastirma. tanrılaştırma, ilahlaştırma, yüceltme; ideal, yüce amaç.
2. kutsal kabul edilen fikir veya ideal, tanrılaştırma/tanrılaşma; tanrılaştırma, ilâhlaştırma; bir şahsı veya prensibi aşırı derecede yükseltme.
3. ilahlastirma. tanrilastirma.

Etymology : Late Latin, from Greek apotheOsis, from apotheoun to deify, from apo- + theos god
Pronunciation : &-"pä-thE-'O-s&s,
Function : noun
Date : circa 1580

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1. elevation to high status; deification; ideal example. apotheosis\ap`o*the"o*sis\ (?; 277), n. pl. apotheoses . [l., fr. gr. , fr. to deify; from + to deify, a god.].
2. the act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
3. glorification; exaltation. "the apotheosis of chivalry." "the noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." harrison.apotheosis n.
4. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, nonesuch, nonsuch].
5. the elevation of a person to the status of a god [syn: deification, exaltation].
6. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
7. Glorification; exaltation.
8. 1. If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it. The Oriental in Bangkok is the apotheosis of the grand hotel. = epitome.
9. If you describe an event or a time as someone's apotheosis, you mean that it was the high point in their career or their life. That night was Richard's apotheosis. Elevation to the status of a god. The term recognizes that some individuals cross the dividing line between human and divine. Ancient Greek religion was disposed to belief in heroes and demigods, and historical figures were sometimes worshiped as gods. Until the end of the republic the Romans accepted only one apotheosis, identifying the god Quirinus with Romulus. The emperor Augustus ordered Julius Caesar recognized as a god and thus began a tradition of deifying emperors.