deificateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

deificate (third-person singular simple present deificates, present participle deificating, simple past and past participle deificated)

1. (transitive, nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To deify.
   • 1995 March 11, Eric Lessard, “Gilles flamefest - First and Last Answer From E.Lessard (Corrected Version)”, in rec.autos.sport.f1‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 July 2026:

     Maybe one day if they like racing and they read about Ayrton Senna they'll decide for themselves he was the greatest driver of all time. Since they won't have been able to see him race, will they be stupid idiots because they deificate him ???!??

   • 1999 December 6, Miller Jew [signed Zhou], “deities in philosophical taoism”, in alt.philosophy.taoism‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 July 2026:

     For example, this was especially pronounced, during the Han dynasty descent, for the Neo-Taoist entrance, "who saw the Tao was being "distorted and mostly degenerated into a form of magic power and superstition" (fn). Which, to simply addendum re 'subject', included deificating.

   • 2007 December 19, vello, “Meanwhile, back in the Bushian democracy...”, in soc.culture.baltics‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 July 2026:

     About fascism- national socialism, key difference is nationalism - not so pushed in Mussolini Italy, Spain, Portugal and Pinochet Chile but deificated in Third Reich and strongly supported in Russia.

   • 2008 March 20, Tomasz Radko, “Yet another sober analysis”, in alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves.coffeeshop‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 July 2026:

     > Actually, that
     > shouldn't matter, since he's still treated as a deity.
     Exactly. Deificated, not messianized. And not before his presidency, after.