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glorification

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
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noun

Meaning 1

The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Specifically, the ascension (of Christ or humans) to the glory of heaven.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 4

The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 5

the act of glorifying (as in worship)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the glorification of God

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adoration, idolization, idolisation

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noun

Meaning 6

a portrayal of something as ideal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the idealization of rural life was very misleading

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: idealization, idealisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: admiration, appreciation

Narrower terms: sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation

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noun

Meaning 7

a state of high honor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he valued glory above life itself

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: glory

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: honor, honour, laurels

History

Etymology

From Middle English glorificacion, glorificacioun, from Middle French glorification and its etymon Latin glōrificātiō. By surface analysis, glorify + -ication.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: праслаўле́нне (praslawljénnje) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Belarusian: усхвале́нне (usxvaljénnje) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Bulgarian: просла́ва (prosláva) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Bulgarian: възхва́ла (vǎzhvála) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Czech: oslavení — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Czech: glorifikace — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • French: glorification — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • German: Glorifizierung — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Italian: glorificazione — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Japanese: 美化 (bika) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Macedonian: вели́чање (velíčanje) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Polish: gloryfikacja — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Polish: wychwalanie — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Russian: прославле́ние (proslavlénije) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Russian: восхвале́ние (vosxvalénije) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Spanish: glorificación — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Swedish: glorifiering — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Swedish: förhärligande — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Ukrainian: просла́влення (proslávlennja) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified
  • Ukrainian: вихваля́ння (vyxvaljánnja) — the act of glorifying or the state of being glorified