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apotheosis

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10 lettersPronunciation /əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aehioopsstStarts with AEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

Word origin

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.

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  • As a former mortal who underwent apotheosis, Hercules was important to the emperors.
  • The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology.
  • In his despair he had nowhere to turn. It is the very apotheosis of the place and the time.

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