Usually means: Deification or glorification of someone.
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  1. apotheoses: Merriam-Webster
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Definitions from Wiktionary (apotheosis)

noun:  The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
noun:  Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.
noun:  A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).
noun:  The best moment or highest point in the development of something, for example of a life or career; the apex, culmination, or climax (of a development).
noun:  (loosely) Release from earthly life, ascension to heaven; death.
noun:  (psychology) The latent entity that mediates between a person's psyche and their thoughts. The id, ego and superego in Freudian Psychology are examples of this.
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