Meanings
plural divinizations · alternative divinisation
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe act or process of making divine.
And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace […] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 931 more example
[W]here would they be now if it had not been for Israel, and the stern check which Israel put upon the glorification and divinisation of this natural bent of mankind, this attractive aspect of the not ourselves?
1873, Matthew Arnold, “Religion Given”, in Literature & Dogma: An Essay towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. […], →OCLC, section 3, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Finnish jumalallistaminen
- jumalallistaminenact or process of making divine
French divinisation
- divinisationact or process of making divine
Greek θεοποίηση
- θεοποίηση (theopoíisi)act or process of making divine
Portuguese divinização
- divinizaçãoact or process of making divine
Russian обожествле́ние
- обожествле́ние (obožestvlénije)act or process of making divine
Spanish divinización
- divinizaciónact or process of making divine
Swedish gudomliggörelse
- gudomliggörelseact or process of making divine
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