immortalization
Making someone eternal
Immortalization is the act of making something or someone immortal—preserved forever in memory, art, or legacy.
A poet immortalizes a beloved in verse; a photographer immortalizes a moment.
The statue immortalized the general for future generations.
In biology, immortalization refers to cells that have been altered to divide indefinitely, escaping normal limits on replication.
Peak or deification
- deificationElevation to divine status
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
- venerationProfound admiring respect
enshrinement · lionization · hero-worship · idolization · elevation · aggrandizement · beatification · sainthood
Peak or deification
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- deificationElevation to divine status
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
demigods · folklore · epic tales · sagas · mythos · celestial · Olympus · Valhalla
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- cryonicsFreezing bodies for revival
- taxidermyPreserving animal skins lifelike
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
digitization · formaldehyde · cryopreservation · freeze-drying · plastination · reliquary · time capsule · vault
Permanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
trust · namesake · dynasty · posterity · heritage · lineage · succession · descendants
Offering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
plaque · cenotaph · remembrance · homage · eulogy · epitaph · obituary · testimonial
Artistic depiction of someone
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- biographyWritten life account
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
magnum opus · masterpiece · oeuvre · retrospective · fresco · mural · epic · ballad
apotheosis
Peak or deification
- deificationElevation to divine status
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
veneration · enshrinement · lionization · hero-worship · idolization · elevation · aggrandizement · beatification · sainthood · adulation
apotheosis
Peak or deification
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- deificationElevation to divine status
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
heroes · demigods · folklore · epic tales · sagas · mythos · celestial · Olympus · Valhalla · ancestral spirits
embalming
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- cryonicsFreezing bodies for revival
- taxidermyPreserving animal skins lifelike
archiving · digitization · formaldehyde · cryopreservation · freeze-drying · plastination · reliquary · time capsule · vault · specimen
endowment
Permanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
benefaction · trust · namesake · dynasty · posterity · heritage · lineage · succession · descendants · inheritance
tribute
Offering of respect
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
dedication · plaque · cenotaph · remembrance · homage · eulogy · epitaph · obituary · testimonial · shrine
portrait
Artistic depiction of someone
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- biographyWritten life account
- documentaryFactual film about reality
anthology · magnum opus · masterpiece · oeuvre · retrospective · fresco · mural · epic · ballad · biopic
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- deificationapotheosis, deification, divinization, divine status, godhood
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
- mythmakingfounding myths, founding myth, origin stories, origin story, mythos
- cell culturecell culture, cell lines, tissue culture, culture plate, culture dish
immortalizationoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
forgetting · erasure · obliteration · obscurity · effacement
immortalizationcondemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
disgrace · dishonor · vilification · damnation · infamy
immortalizationdeath
Cessation of life
mortality · destruction · annihilation · extermination · termination
mortal, immortal, immortality, mortality, immortalize, mortally, immortalized, immortals, immortally