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Definition of "deification" [de•i•fi•ca•tion]

  • The act or process of deifying. (noun)
  • The condition of being deified. (noun)
  • One that embodies the qualities of a god. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "deification" in a sentence
  • "Mandela said a week ago when he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations, that we must fight against and defeat what he described as the deification of arms, the seemingly entrenched view that to kill another person is a natural way of advancing one's cause or an obviously correct manner by which to resolve disputes."
  • "I'm convinced that the doctrine of theosis/deification is a necessary and invaluable point of ecumenical discussion and consideration, and the more that Catholics learn about it, the better."
  • "For orthodox Christianity there is not an identity between the spark and God. union of the human spirit with God takes place -- union so complete that the word deification is applied to it; but it is not the union of identical substances."