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It is certainly true that at some point we, as a culture, must stop deifying people whose work, message or backstory we admire.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

The journalists warning of the dangers of deifying Conway have most often aimed that message at adults.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020

“They are not perfect. They are not perfect. We have to stop deifying them,” Mr. Lemon said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2020

It acts as a deifying diptych to that of The Epic – from space to the earthly pursuit of heaven.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2019

Deificā′tion, the act of deifying: a deified embodiment.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various