APA Dictionary of Psychology

deification

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. the elevation of a living or dead person to the position of a god, as in the case of certain Roman emperors and other rulers of the ancient world.
  2. extreme adulation, or the endowment of a person or thing with godlike status. —deify vb.
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