apotheosis

  1. Noun.  The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
  2. Noun.  Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone with extraordinary power or status.
  3. Noun.  A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
  4. Noun.  The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development). .
  5. Noun.  Loosely, release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
  6. Noun.  (psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.

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