divinization
/ˌdɪvɪnaɪˈzeɪʃən/
divinization noun: the act or process of making divine.
Noun
divinization (countable and uncountable, plural divinizations)
- 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
- And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace […] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 93
Forms of divinization
| plural | divinizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | divinisation |
Origin of divinization
From divine + -ization.
Questions about divinization
- What does divinization mean?
- Divinization means the act or process of making divine.
- What part of speech is divinization?
- Divinization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce divinization?
- Divinization is pronounced /ˌdɪvɪnaɪˈzeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of divinization?
- The plural of divinization is divinizations.
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