Word of the Day: APOTHEOSIS

An ideal on par with divinity

apotheosis (noun) – the pinnacle, apex, or ideal; the process of becoming or making into a god [uh-poth-ee-oh-sis]

BREAKDOWN: APO- (change) + THEO- (god) + -SIS (process or state of)

• theology is the study of religious faith and practice; the doctrine and dogma of a particular religion

"Science, above all, respects the power of the human intellect. Science is the apotheosis of the intellect and the consummation of the Renaissance." —Peter Atkins

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