apotheosis vs culmination

apotheosis

noun
  • A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief). 

  • Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death. 

  • The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification. 

  • The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development). 

  • The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this. 

  • Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status. 

culmination

noun
  • Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. 

  • The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. 

  • Endpoint (usually good) arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period , usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something. 

  • A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school, the term "graduation" being reserved for high school. 

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