divinisation

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English

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Etymology

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From divine +‎ -isation.

Noun

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divinisation (countable and uncountable, plural divinisations)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of divinization
    • 1873, Matthew Arnold, “Religion Given”, in Literature & Dogma: An Essay towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. [], →OCLC, section 3, page 37:
      [W]here would they be now if it had not been for Israel, and the stern check which Israel put upon the glorification and divinisation of this natural bent of mankind, this attractive aspect of the not ourselves?

French

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Etymology

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From diviniser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.vi.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

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divinisation f (plural divinisations)

  1. divinization, deification

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