What is another word for Deifying?

Pronunciation: [dˈe͡ɪfa͡ɪɪŋ] (IPA)

Deifying is a term that means to idolize or worship someone as a god or to portray someone in an overly positive or idealized manner. Some synonyms for deifying include glorifying, idolizing, adulating, revering, and exalting. All of these words describe the act of elevating someone or something to a god-like status. Other synonyms for deifying include anointing, apotheosizing, canonizing, and venerating. These words are often used in a religious or spiritual context and refer to the act of attributing divine qualities or characteristics to someone or something. Regardless of the specific word used, all of these synonyms convey the idea of elevating someone or something to a level of high praise or admiration.

What are the hypernyms for Deifying?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Deifying

When a woman of a certain age wishes to attach a man forever, she begins by Deifying his defects, so as to cut off all possibility of rivalry; for a rival is never, at the first approach, aware of the super-fine flattery to which the man is accustomed.
"Modeste Mignon"
Honore de Balzac
And many such improbabilities do your fabulous writers relate, Deifying creatures naturally mortal; for though altogether to disown a divine nature in human virtue were impious and base, so again to mix heaven with earth is ridiculous.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
He who rightly feels its mystery and grandeur is in no danger of seduction from the falsehoods of religious systems, or of Deifying the principle of the universe.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III"
Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited by Thomas Hutchinson, M. A.

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