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apotheosis
/əˌpɑθiˈoʊsəs/
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Stress OH near the end.
Use the unvoiced th in think. Finish with a light vowel followed by s.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 4
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“The final scene presents the hero's apotheosis.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does apotheosis mean?
noun
- The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
- Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
- A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
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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).
- Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
- 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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IPA pronunciation
/əˌpɑθiˈoʊsəs/
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The apotheosis was worthy of these three heroes whom fable would have placed in the rank of demigods.
The apotheosis was pronounced by my most intimate friend, Timmins, and I must say he did me ample justice.
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The person complimented is not half so German, and consequently suffered martyrdom at this clumsy apotheosis of her concubinage.
They laugh and hunt, and there is in the air the brilliance of an apotheosis—what a transfiguration effected by love!
We believed that two who love should be united in secret, before the public acknowledgment of their union, and should taste their apotheosis alone with nature.