deify — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. To make into a god.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Synonyme

   divinizeapotheosizeeuhemerizedemideifymythologize

   Antonyme

   undeifydisdeifyungodeuhemerize

   Beispiele

   Near-synonyms: demideify, mythologize

2. To regard as being like a deity; to treat as worthy of worship; to exalt.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Synonyme

   divinizeapotheosizeexaltidealize

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   “Those people who have sought to deify our wilderness … those days are over. We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler,” Jones said.

Verb

1. consider as a god or godlike

   Oberbegriffe

   idealizeidealise

   Beispiele

   These young men deify financial success

2. exalt to the position of a God

   Oberbegriffe

   exalt

   Beispiele

   the people deified their King