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as in deity
the quality or state of being divine
in some cultures, the ruler of the people has godhead and is worshipped accordingly
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as in Divinity
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the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
most Christians believe that there are three separate persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—that make up the Godhead
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Recent Examples of godhead
Summer is usually the time of long days and longer vacations, but summer 2025 was a season where the business world’s inviolable godhead, the chief executive officer, looked less and less like a position worth exalting.
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Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
After 16 years of waiting for new music from The Cure, the beloved goth rock godheads have going from zero to the end in quick succession.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
To write is to get yourself out of the way, as much as possible, in order to reveal Stevens’s thing itself: the moth, the herring, the peregrine, the rose garden, the godhead.
—Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Because Walt was the earthly godhead of the parks, attractions close to his heart like the Disneyland Railroad and Carousel of Progress get treated within the company like historical sites and are generally left operating almost as memorials.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
These were Dederich’s tools of control, used to enforce his godhead status.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
And then the long decline, to the accompaniment of prescription drugs, binge eating and bad advice — even as his acolytes raise him to a state of godhead, the Sun King of rock ’n’ roll.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
After 16 years of waiting for new music from The Cure, the beloved goth rock godheads have going from zero to the end in quick succession.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2024
To write is to get yourself out of the way, as much as possible, in order to reveal Stevens’s thing itself: the moth, the herring, the peregrine, the rose garden, the godhead.
—Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Because Walt was the earthly godhead of the parks, attractions close to his heart like the Disneyland Railroad and Carousel of Progress get treated within the company like historical sites and are generally left operating almost as memorials.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
These were Dederich’s tools of control, used to enforce his godhead status.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
And then the long decline, to the accompaniment of prescription drugs, binge eating and bad advice — even as his acolytes raise him to a state of godhead, the Sun King of rock ’n’ roll.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for godhead
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In the 20th century, the scientific community and environmental activists adopted the term Gaia – the Greek goddess personifying the Earth, the mother of all deities – to reflect the notion of the Earth as a living system.—
Melinda Laituri,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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Grasping hands reach out in despair, deities wield tridents and divine lotus flowers symbolize the 16 levels of Brahma (higher realms).—
Vicky Smith,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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But deeper — into song, into care, into the divinity of staying alive together.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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Their divinity is some form of very strict utilitarianism.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Godhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godhead. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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