# apotheosis

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˌpɒθ.iːˈəʊ.sɪs/ · frequency rank #57,217

## Definitions
1. The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
2. Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
3. A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
4. 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. Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
6. 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.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Hellenic *apó
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós
Ancient Greek θεός (theós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.?
Ancient Greek -όω (-óō)
Ancient Greek ἀποθεόω (apotheóō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis)bor.
Latin apotheōsisbor.
English apotheosis
Borrowed from Latin apotheōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from verb ἀποθεόω (apotheóō, “deify”) (factitive verb formed from θεός (theós, “God”) with intensive prefix ἀπο- (apo-)) + -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”). By surface analysis, apo- + theo- + -sis.

## Source
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