{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY February 15, 2019- apotheosis

WORD OF THE DAY February 15, 2019

apotheosis    noun | uh-pah-thee-OH-sis     Definition   1 a : the perfect form or example of something : quintessence   b : the highest or best part of something : peak   2 : elevation to divine status : deification   Scroll down for more about apotheosis      TRENDING NOW: emergency national emergency apoplectic suffragette SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Love Poems for Word Nerds       'Desire' and 'Consider': A History     'Heartstring' — Video Word of the Day 2/14/2019       'Recollect' vs. 'Remember' vs. 'Recall'         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Valentine's Day Quiz   A quiz for lovers and haters     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   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."     Examples of APOTHEOSIS   "Four decades after its box office debut, Grease remains a cultural phenomenon.… [Olivia] Newton-John is particularly stellar, with her charming persona and spotless soprano voice making the film the apotheosis of her '70s superstardom." — Billboard.com, 4 Oct. 2018   "In 2018, this adaptation [of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451] speaks to the apotheosis of social media, to the approach of authoritarianism, and to any other anxieties about the self-surveillance state that you might harbor." — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 18 May 2018   Name That Synonym   Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of apotheosis meaning "the perfect form or example": NPAORGA.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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