as in deity
the quality or state of being divine
according to Greek myth, Hercules was granted godhood after his death
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Recent Examples of godhood
Season one concluded with the triumph of Mrs. Astor agreeing to come to her ball; season two ended with Bertha’s ascent to social godhood after building her own opera hall and functionally burning the old one to the ground.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
So by The Final Reckoning, his nigh godhood is at hand.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
But Shinra has an ace up their sleeve: their solider Sephiroth, long thought dead, is alive and intent on achieving godhood.
—Richard Newby, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
Subin takes us centuries back to Columbus, Cortes and Cook and the self-serving myths of conquistador godhood.
—Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
The photo was received in Vanuatu as further proof of his godhood.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
So by The Final Reckoning, his nigh godhood is at hand.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
But Shinra has an ace up their sleeve: their solider Sephiroth, long thought dead, is alive and intent on achieving godhood.
—Richard Newby, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
Subin takes us centuries back to Columbus, Cortes and Cook and the self-serving myths of conquistador godhood.
—Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
The photo was received in Vanuatu as further proof of his godhood.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for godhood
Noun
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This is clearly not the God of Leo XIV, but a deity who fits Hegseth’s cult of lethality.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
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The city was part of the ninth administrative district of Upper Egypt and was historically a worship center for the lioness goddess Repyt, who formed a religious triad with the fertility god Min of Akhmim and the child deity Kolanthes.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The volunteers included a divinity student on spring break and a woman with a long gray braid who told me that some of the defendants had helped out at her community garden.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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For generations of Georgians, the answer has been the pecan rolls, divinity, pralines and brittle from Dillon Candy Company in Boston.—
C.W. Cameron,
AJC.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Godhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godhood. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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