deifications
Elevations to godhood
The plural of deification—acts of elevating someone or something to divine status.
Gods are made, not born, through deifications: The deifications of Roman emperors began after their deaths.
The word extends to any extreme veneration: The deifications of celebrities by their fans border on worship.
Objects of fervent admiration
- effigiesRepresentations of persons
- fetishismFixation on specific objects
- totemsSpiritual clan symbols
- shrinesSacred devotional sites
graven · icons · relics · amulets · talismans · cult · paganism · polytheism
Surpassing usual limits
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
- elevationHeight above reference point
immortalization · transfiguration · ennoblement · idealization · perfection · sublimation · metamorphosis · consummation
Profound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- homageExpression of deep respect
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
piety · glorification · praise · consecration · sanctification · beatification · canonization · enshrinement
Unlimited universal power
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
immortality · eternity · infinity · almighty · heavenly · omnipresence · ineffability · sublimity
idols
Objects of fervent admiration
shrines · graven · icons · relics · amulets · talismans · cult · paganism · polytheism · animism
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
elevation · immortalization · transfiguration · ennoblement · idealization · perfection · sublimation · metamorphosis · consummation · magnification
veneration
Profound admiring respect
devotion · piety · glorification · praise · consecration · sanctification · beatification · canonization · enshrinement · oblation
omnipotence
Unlimited universal power
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
sanctity · immortality · eternity · infinity · almighty · heavenly · omnipresence · ineffability · sublimity · transcendence
myths
Traditional untrue narratives
folklore · cosmogony · theogony · origin · creation · heroes · oracles · prophecies · underworld · afterlife
Olympians
Greek gods or top athletes
deificationsdemotions
Reductions in rank
degradations · debasements · abasements · humiliations · disgraces
deificationsdesecrations
Violations of sacred spaces
profanations · demonizations · secularizations · blasphemies · sacrileges
deificationsvilifications
Acts of malicious disparagement
demonizations · condemnations · denunciations · execrations · excoriations