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apotheosis
noun
apo·the·o·sis ə-ˌpä-thē-ˈō-səs 
ˌa-pə-ˈthē-ə-səs
ˌa-pə-ˈthē-ə-səs plural apotheoses ə-ˌpä-thē-ˈō-ˌsēz
ˌa-pə-ˈthē-ə-ˌsēz
1
a
: the perfect form or example of something : quintessence
b
: the highest or best part of something : peak
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Among the ancient Greeks, it was sometimes thought fitting—or simply handy, say if you wanted a god somewhere in your bloodline—to grant someone or other "god" status. So they created the word apotheōsis, from the verb apotheoun, meaning "to deify." (The prefix apo- can mean "off," "from," or "away," and theos is the Greek word for "god.") There's not a lot of Greek-style apotheosizing in the 21st century, but there is hero-worship. Our extended use of apotheosis as "elevation to divine status" is the equivalent of "placement on a very high pedestal." Even more common these days is to use apotheosis in reference to a perfect example or ultimate form. For example, one might describe a movie as "the apotheosis of the sci-fi movie genre."
Example Sentences
the apotheosis of the picaresque novel
Recent Examples on the Web My pregnant state, grafted onto these men, is pitched as the apotheosis of grotesque social commentary, a sight meant to be so bizarre, disturbing and deep that it is preserved for the crowning spectacle of a horror film. 
New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 It's often hailed as the apotheosis of American racial progress. Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022 The long and tumultuous campaign for Indian independence, perhaps the most dramatic success of the anti-colonial movement, was itself turbocharged by apotheosis—unwanted, in this case, but not, in the final accounting, unhelpful. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2021 Periods of temperance, promoted by Susan B. Anthony, Walt Whitman, et al., and prohibition have alternated with the apotheosis of drinking and the drunk. Tamar Adler, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2022 And now, a generation after that, the apotheosis: Marvel comics have become Penguin Classics. Jeremy Dauber, The Atlantic, 27 July 2022 As this writer wrote once, Warhol showed us that the apotheosis and the burlesque of Whitman’s dream turned out to look more or less the same. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022 If the general compass heading of mainstream American food is in the direction of more, cheaper and faster, this is the next logical step away from merely very fast food, served by people, toward whatever apotheosis awaits us. Steve Hoffman, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 Although cultural clichés have long presented motherhood as an unchanging state, a woman’s apotheosis, Phillips argues instead that its essence is transformation. Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 20 June 2022 See More
New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 It's often hailed as the apotheosis of American racial progress. Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022 The long and tumultuous campaign for Indian independence, perhaps the most dramatic success of the anti-colonial movement, was itself turbocharged by apotheosis—unwanted, in this case, but not, in the final accounting, unhelpful. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2021 Periods of temperance, promoted by Susan B. Anthony, Walt Whitman, et al., and prohibition have alternated with the apotheosis of drinking and the drunk. Tamar Adler, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2022 And now, a generation after that, the apotheosis: Marvel comics have become Penguin Classics. Jeremy Dauber, The Atlantic, 27 July 2022 As this writer wrote once, Warhol showed us that the apotheosis and the burlesque of Whitman’s dream turned out to look more or less the same. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022 If the general compass heading of mainstream American food is in the direction of more, cheaper and faster, this is the next logical step away from merely very fast food, served by people, toward whatever apotheosis awaits us. Steve Hoffman, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 Although cultural clichés have long presented motherhood as an unchanging state, a woman’s apotheosis, Phillips argues instead that its essence is transformation. Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 20 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin apotheōsis "transformation into a god, deification," borrowed from Greek apothéōsis, from apotheō-, variant stem of apotheóō, apotheoûn "to transform into a god, deify" (from apo- apo- + theoûn "to make a god of," verbal derivative of theós "god") + -sis -sis — more at theo-
First Known Use
circa 1580, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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