Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω / ἀποθεῶ (apotheóō/apotheô) 'to deify'), also called divinization or deification (from Latin deificatio 'making divine'), is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or an abstract idea in the likeness of a deity.

n. pl. a·poth·e·o·ses (-sēz′) 1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification. 2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: "tried to attribute Warhol's current apotheosis to the subversive power of artistic vision" (Michiko Kakutani). 3. An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.

noun,a·poth·e·o·ses-poth-ee--seez, ap---seez]. /əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ siz, ˌæp əˈθi əˌsiz/. the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.

It can refer to the highest or best part of something, as in "the celebration reaches its apotheosis in an elaborate feast," or to a perfect example or ultimate form, as in "a movie that is the apotheosis of the sci-fi genre."

the best or most extreme example of something: Most people agree that her acting career achieved its apotheosis in this movie. Bad taste in clothes reached its apotheosis in the 1970s. the apotheosis of someone the act of making someone into a god: the apotheosis of the Emperor Trajan