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as in god
a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
to the ancient Greeks, Zeus was the deity who ruled over the sky and weather, and Poseidon was god of the sea
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as in divinity
the quality or state of being divine
the repudiation of the claim of deity by the Japanese emperor after the end of World War II
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Recent Examples of deity
These deities were part of a local triad of gods in ancient Thebes (in present-day Luxor) that represented a family group.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Among the findings were rings made of gold and other metals, small gold amulets (including a triad statue of the ancient Egyptian deities Amun, Mut, and Khonsu) and amulets of deities as animals, a metallic brooch, and a variety of beads.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Morgan Freeman anchors the film as the bewildered professor who watches Lucy's transformation into a post-human deity with increasing awe.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Ars Video Proyecto Arqueológico del Sur de Tikal archaeologist Edwin Ramirez and his colleagues say the faces on the altar look uncannily like a deity who often shows up in artwork from central Mexico, in the area around Teotihuacan.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Among the findings were rings made of gold and other metals, small gold amulets (including a triad statue of the ancient Egyptian deities Amun, Mut, and Khonsu) and amulets of deities as animals, a metallic brooch, and a variety of beads.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Morgan Freeman anchors the film as the bewildered professor who watches Lucy's transformation into a post-human deity with increasing awe.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Ars Video Proyecto Arqueológico del Sur de Tikal archaeologist Edwin Ramirez and his colleagues say the faces on the altar look uncannily like a deity who often shows up in artwork from central Mexico, in the area around Teotihuacan.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
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The story is set in the shadow of an ancient war between dueling gods and tells of a pair of young rival journalists that fall in love while writing each other anonymous letters on an enchanted typewriter.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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The hockey gods didn’t intervene on the Leafs behalf.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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To his surprise, the vampires start singing Christian prayers in perfect synchronization, highlighting that the creatures exist in a space beyond human conceptions of divinity.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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But the divinity of those books was in the spiritual relationship that their readers had with God, said Rabbi Oren Hayon, who is also a part of Congregation Emanu El. To assist his research, Hayon regularly uses a custom chatbot trained on 20 years of his own writings.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
The Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Deity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deity. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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