apotheose
/əˈpɑθiˌoʊs/
verb
- To elevate someone to the status of a god; to deify.
- Ancient Romans would apotheose their emperors after death.
- The poet's work sought to apotheose nature itself.
- Some fans apotheose their favorite celebrities as if they were divine.
- To glorify or idealize someone or something to an extreme degree.
- We should not apotheose wealth as the ultimate measure of success.
- The biography tends to apotheose its subject, glossing over his flaws.
- Critics apotheose the director's early films, ignoring his later failures.