apotheosis

apotheosis definitions

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

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

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

  • 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.