glorification

Other forms: glorifications

Definitions of glorification
  1. noun
    a state of high honor
    synonyms: glory
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    type of:
    honor, honour, laurels
    the state of being honored
  2. noun
    a portrayal of something as ideal
    synonyms: idealisation, idealization
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    types:
    romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation, sentimentalization
    the act of indulging in sentiment
    type of:
    admiration, appreciation
    a favorable judgment
  3. noun
    the act of glorifying (as in worship)
    “the glorification of God”
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    type of:
    adoration, idolisation, idolization
    the act of admiring strongly
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