The work is called "The Apotheosis of Washington", and it depicts George Washington, the first American president, being drawn to heaven.
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Apotheosis
//əˌpɑ.θiˈoʊ.sɪs//
Synonyms for "apotheosis" (133 found)
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Translations
84 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀποθέωσις noun (deification; becoming a god)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обожествяване noun (deification; becoming a god)
Catalan
2 entries- apoteosi noun (glorification, exaltation)
- culminació noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 典範 /典范 noun (glorified example or ideal)
- 巔峯 /巅峯 noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
- 榜樣 /榜样 noun (glorified example or ideal)
Dutch
3 entries- apotheose noun (deification; becoming a god)
- vergoding noun (deification; becoming a god)
- verheerlijking noun (deification; becoming a god)
Esperanto
1 entries- apoteozo noun (deification; becoming a god)
Finnish
3 entries- apoteoosi noun (deification; becoming a god)
- apoteoosi noun (glorification, exaltation)
- huippu noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
French
1 entries- apothéose noun (deification; becoming a god)
Galician
1 entries- apoteose noun (deification; becoming a god)
German
4 entries- Apotheose noun (deification; becoming a god)
- Apotheose noun (glorification, exaltation)
- Gottwerdung noun (deification; becoming a god)
- Höhepunkt noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַאֲלָהָה noun (deification; becoming a god)
Hungarian
4 entries- apoteózis noun (glorification, exaltation)
- csúcs noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
- csúcspont noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
- dicsőítés noun (glorification, exaltation)
Indonesian
2 entries- apoteosis noun (deification; becoming a god)
- pendewaan noun (deification; becoming a god)
Italian
4 entries- apice noun (glorified example or ideal)
- apice noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
- apoteosi noun (deification; becoming a god)
- apoteosi noun (glorification, exaltation)
Japanese
1 entries- 神格化 noun (deification; becoming a god)
Korean
3 entries- 신격화 noun (deification; becoming a god)
- 신으로 모심 noun (deification; becoming a god)
- 이상 noun (glorified example or ideal)
Macedonian
2 entries- апотео́за noun (deification; becoming a god)
- боготворење noun (deification; becoming a god)
Polish
2 entries- apoteoza noun (deification; becoming a god)
- apoteoza noun (glorification, exaltation)
Portuguese
4 entries- apoteose noun (deification; becoming a god)
- apoteose noun (glorification, exaltation)
- apoteose noun (glorified example or ideal)
- apoteose noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
Russian
4 entries- апофео́з noun (glorified example or ideal)
- вознесе́ние noun (release from earthly life)
- обожествле́ние noun (deification; becoming a god)
- прославле́ние noun (glorification, exaltation)
Spanish
2 entries- apoteosis noun (deification; becoming a god)
- apoteosis noun (best moment or highest point in the development of something)
Swedish
4 entries- apoteos noun (deification; becoming a god)
- förgudning noun (deification; becoming a god)
- förhärligande noun (deification; becoming a god)
- förhärligande noun (glorification, exaltation)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagdidiyos noun (deification; becoming a god)
- pamamathala noun (deification; becoming a god)
Sample sentences
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The apotheosis of AI is a bit premature.
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The apotheosis of Trump in the eyes of many of his followers is all but inevitable, and even in progress.
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The soffit of the archway is ornamented with deeply recessed coffers, and a relief in the centre represents the apotheosis of Titus.
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