divinization
noun/ˌdɪvɪnaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Etymology From divine + -ization.
- [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?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:
- And farther back still in the evolutionary process we may trace […] the divinisation of four-footed animals and birds and snakes and trees and the like[.]1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 93: