deification

deification
    n 1: the condition of being treated like a god
    2: an embodiment of the qualities of a god; "the capitalists'
       deification of capital"
    3: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) [syn:
       {deification}, {exaltation}, {apotheosis}]
    

Deification \De`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [LL. deificare to deify: cf.
   F. d['e]ification. See {Deify}.]
   The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis;
   excessive praise.
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "deification":
      accolade, admiration, adoration, adulation, aggrandizement,
      apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, ascent,
      assumption, awe, beatification, bepraisement, breathless adoration,
      canonization, congratulation, consideration, courtesy, deference,
      dignification, duty, elevation, eloge, encomium, ennoblement,
      enshrinement, enthronement, erection, escalation, esteem,
      estimation, eulogium, eulogy, exaggerated respect, exaltation,
      excessive praise, favor, fetishization, flattery, glorification,
      glory, great respect, height, hero worship, high regard, homage,
      hommage, honor, idolatry, idolization, idolizing, immortalization,
      kudos, laud, laudation, lifting, lionizing, magnification,
      meed of praise, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, prestige,
      raising, rearing, regard, respect, reverence, reverential regard,
      sainting, sanctification, sursum corda, tribute, upbuoying, upcast,
      upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust,
      veneration, worship