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apotheosis
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synonyms: exaltation, archetype, exemplar, doyen???
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Definition:1. elevation of power; deification2. an ideal example
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Larry suddenly knew this was his watershed moment, the apotheosis of his life.
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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Thus a mild sort of apotheosis took place in his fancy, whilst she still lived and breathed within his own horizon, a troubled creature like himself.
Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd
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The choreographer had criticized her for acting contrary to Flying Ghosts' philosophy. Vanessa had objected that what she did was instead the apotheosis of Flying Ghosts' philosophy:
Melania G. Mazzucco. Limbo (Virginia Jewiss translation), p.357 (2014)
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It is the apotheosis of [her].
Gillian Flynn. Gone Girl, p.266 (2012)
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the initially reluctant father of a show-crazy girl always finished by applauding her apotheosis on fabulous Broadway.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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Jerry: Oh God! I feel like our souls were united and we're all one with eternity!
Alien: Our bodies are unchanged, yet our minds have lived a 1000 lifetimes! Is that enough time for me to forgive you?
Rick: I don't know, but its enough time for a synaptic dampener to wear off. (kills alien)
Jerry: He hadn't decided he was still going to kill us!
Rick He was talking himself into it, I've seen it before. Cosmic apotheosis wears off faster than salvia.
Adult Swim. Rick and Morty. Season 3, The Wormhole Trip.
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Vasily Vereshchagin, "The Apotheosis of War",
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