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Noun: deification  `dee-u-fu'key-shun
  1. The condition of being treated like a god
     
  2. An embodiment of the qualities of a god
    "the capitalists' deification of capital"
     
  3. The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
    - exaltation, apotheosis

Derived forms: deifications

See also: deify

Type of: avatar, condition, embodiment, incarnation, status, worship

Encyclopedia: Deification

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