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Apotheosis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Apotheosis has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

2

the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

3

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
model worship
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin apotheōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, "deify") (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, "God") with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)) + -σις (-sis, "forms noun of action"). By surface analysis, apo- + theo- + -sis.

Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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