1
as in to adore
to love or admire too much
materialistic people who deify money
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2
as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
some ancient pagans deified such objects of nature as trees and rivers
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as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
the sense of entitlement felt by athletes who have been deified all their lives
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Recent Examples of deify
While the titan from Krypton can often seem stoic and deified, Corenswet's Kal-El can be quite passionate about his views and express them loudly.
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EW.com, 10 June 2025
His resume speaks for itself — no need for the on-air cast to go overboard in deifying him.
—Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
That should have been seemingly enough for Schmidt to be deified in Philadelphia.
—John Perrotto, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
But in the interim, the rule of law is too important to be left to compromised OLC opinions deifying incumbent presidents.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
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EW.com, 10 June 2025
His resume speaks for itself — no need for the on-air cast to go overboard in deifying him.
—Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
That should have been seemingly enough for Schmidt to be deified in Philadelphia.
—John Perrotto, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
But in the interim, the rule of law is too important to be left to compromised OLC opinions deifying incumbent presidents.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deify
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As of Friday, the heartwarming video has been viewed nearly 12,000 times and has gathered almost 2,500 likes, with viewers leaving a flood of adoring comments.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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For McPherson and her adoring fans, Minnie Bell’s is less a new beginning than a warm return.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Trump’s insistence on honoring these Confederates implicitly venerates their politics — and provides a justification for his own rule and ruin tactics, which so often echo them.—
Time,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The site is retired from active worship but still venerated.—
Jack Tydeman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 Emmy Awards on Sunday night will celebrate many TV shows that elevate deeply personal issues to high drama.—
Jair Hilburn,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Scott tried to elevate a fastball.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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But something timely right now is the parasocial relationship with celebrity and the difference between supporting somebody and worshiping somebody.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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To a kid who worshipped the gods of comedy, Martin was the biggest of them all.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Because Anderson is known, and revered, for making Important Movies with Serious Themes (There Will Be Blood, The Master), those who consider themselves serious film people greet each new arrival as an Important Event.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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In other words, Green Seal isn’t being pitched as a drink to revere so much as one to bring along wherever energy and music set the tone.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Rising pressure on Nvidia Huawei’s announcement comes as China promotes homegrown alternatives to Nvidia.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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The turn of the century saw the advent of rhizobial soil inoculants for improving legume growth, with the FDA promoting such applications.—
Anna Marija Helt,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Sep. 2025
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Bears like to keep their distance from groups of people.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Bernadette woman likes being comfortable, loves to have fun and can make a Bernadette look her own.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Ian Chaffee,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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While knowledge has been exalted by artists, poets, philosophers and scientists, dictatorships have been opposed not only by great humanists but also by science itself.—
Davide Sartini,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Deify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deify. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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