divinizing
Elevating to godhood
Divinizing is treating something or someone as divine—elevating to godlike status.
The word appears in theological and philosophical contexts: The ancient practice of divinizing emperors served political purposes.
To divinize nature is to see it as sacred or god-infused.
The process can be literal worship or metaphorical reverence that approaches worship.
Peak or deification
- immortalizationMaking something last forever
- godhoodStatus as a deity
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- mythologizingMaking legendary or sacred
pantheon · ascending · transformation · enshrinement · enthronement · exaltation · glorification · deifying
Profound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
homage · piety · prostration · obeisance · genuflection · altar · ritual · offering
Elevating in status
- praisingVoicing admiration
- extollingPraising with enthusiasm
- laudingVoicing high esteem
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
honoring · celebrating · acclaiming · elevating · aggrandizing · ennobling · idealizing · idolizing
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- sacralizationImbuing with holiness
- hallowingMaking something sacred
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
purification · dedicating · anointing · ordaining · ritualization · spiritualizing · transfiguration · cleansing
apotheosis
Peak or deification
- immortalizationMaking something last forever
- godhoodStatus as a deity
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
mythologizing · pantheon · ascending · transformation · enshrinement · enthronement · exaltation · glorification · deifying · beatification
veneration
Profound admiring respect
worship · homage · piety · prostration · obeisance · genuflection · altar · ritual · offering · sacrifice
exalting
Elevating in status
magnifying · honoring · celebrating · acclaiming · elevating · aggrandizing · ennobling · idealizing · idolizing · lionizing
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- sacralizationImbuing with holiness
- hallowingMaking something sacred
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
sanctification · purification · dedicating · anointing · ordaining · ritualization · spiritualizing · transfiguration · cleansing
divinizingsecularizing
Removing sacred character
profaning · desanctifying · humanizing · deconsecrating · disenchanting
divinizingdebasing
Lowering in quality
degrading · demonizing · desecrating · profaning · vilifying
divine, divinity, divination, diviner, divining, divined, divinely, divines, deification