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Definition
model of excellence; or best point in one's development
or more rarely:
to glorify or idealize; or to elevate a person to the status of a god
or more rarely:
to glorify or idealize; or to elevate a person to the status of a god
- Your goal is a democratic empire, the world-state, the apotheosis of the principle of the nation-state on a universal plane.6.3 - The City of God and Evil Deliverance (59% in)
- It was depravity with the best of consciences, the idealized apotheosis of a total refusal to obey Western demands for an active life.7.7 - Fullness of Harmony (62% in)
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