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Word of the Day

apotheosis

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 22, 2026 is:

apotheosis • \uh-pah-thee-OH-sis\  • noun

Apotheosis refers to the perfect form or example of something, or to the highest or best part of something. It can also mean “elevation to divine status; deification.” It is usually singular, but the plural form is apotheoses.

// Some consider (however ironically) french fries to be the apotheosis of U.S. cuisine.

// Their music reached its creative apotheosis in the late 2010s, which is also when they won two Grammys.

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Examples:

“At its simplest level, Canada appears in American literature as a wilderness escape from a more urbanized United States. ... The apotheosis of this view of Canada as a wilderness getaway might be Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Two Campers in Cloud Country,’ subtitled ‘Rock Lake, Canada’ and written about a camping trip she and her husband Ted Hughes took through Canada and the northeastern US in 1959.” — Brooke Clark, LitHub.com, 17 Apr. 2025

Did you know?

Among the ancient Greeks, it was sometimes thought fitting to grant someone “god” status. Hence the word apothéōsis, from the verb apotheóō or apotheoûn, meaning “to deify.” (All are rooted in the Greek word theós, meaning “god,” which we can also thank for such religion-related terms as theology and atheism.) There’s not a lot of literal apotheosizing to be had in modern English, but apotheosis is thriving in the 21st century. 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.”