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divinisation

divinisation is the alternative spelling of divinization.

Meaning of divinization

Noun

divinization (countable and uncountable, plural divinizations)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) The act or process of making divine.
    • [W]here would they be now if it had not been for Israel, and the stern check which Israel put upon the glorification and divinisation of this natural bent of mankind, this attractive aspect of the not ourselves?1873, Matthew Arnold, “Religion Given”, in Literature & Dogma: An Essay towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. […], →OCLC, section 3, page 37

Forms of divinisation

pluraldivinisations

Origin of divinisation

From divine + -isation.

Questions about divinisation

What is divinisation the alternative spelling of?
Divinisation is the alternative spelling of divinization.

Words near divinisation in the dictionary

  1. divining
  2. divining rod
  3. divining rods
  4. diviningly
  5. divinings
  6. divinisation
  7. divinisations
  8. divinise
  9. divinised
  10. divinises
  11. divinish

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