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How to use apotheosis in a sentence

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Apotheosis means the fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification. Example: “The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology.”

Examples of apotheosis by meaning

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

  • As a former mortal who underwent apotheosis, Hercules was important to the emperors.2002, CE Newlands, Statius' Silvae and the Politics of Empire, page 176

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

  • The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology.
  • Thereafter, the caterpillar achieved a sort of posthumous apotheosis.1974, Per Lord Hailsham, Smedleys Ltd v Breed [1974]2 All ER 21(HL) at 24

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

  • It is the very apotheosis of the place and the time.1925, William Carlos Williams, 'Edgar Allan Poe', In The American Grain, published 1990, page 232

nounThe best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex...

  • The apotheosis of her career was her appointment as chairman.

More sentences with apotheosis

  • The apotheosis of the type is surely Martha Stewart, the acknowledged O.G. of class-inscribed self-optimization.2026 March 30, Guy Trebay, “Can You Fake Being Rich?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry og
  • The must-have toy is the apotheosis of the marketing of toys as fashion accessories.2003 December 15, The New Yorker, page 69. From the entry must-have
  • It will also be the place from which directives are issued.”⁷ Singapore is the apotheosis of Metabolism.1997, Nan Ellin, Architecture of Fear, Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, page 228. From the entry ecumenopolitan
  • Oliver Treadwell represents Miss Glasgow's apotheosis of compromise, and the more shoddy in the unflickering light of his wife's devotion.1950, J. L. Jessup, Faith of Our Feminists. From the entry unflickering
  • The apotheosis of this musical tendency as it was made "cinematic" is the (Busby) "Berkleyesque", the spatial dimensions of which I shall examine below.2015, Tom Brown, Spectacle in Classical Cinemas: Musicality and Historicity in the 1930s, →ISBN. From the entry Berkleyesque

Meaning of apotheosis

  1. noun The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
  2. noun Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
  3. noun A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).

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Questions about apotheosis in a sentence

How do you use apotheosis in a sentence?
Apotheosis is used as a noun. For example: “The turn of the century saw the apotheosis of digital technology.”
What is a short sentence with apotheosis?
“Thereafter, the caterpillar achieved a sort of posthumous apotheosis.”
What does apotheosis mean?
Apotheosis means the fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.

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