apotheosis
noun
[ əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs ]
• the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.
• "his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career"
Similar:
culmination,
climax,
crowning moment,
peak,
pinnacle,
summit,
zenith,
apex,
acme,
apogee,
high point,
highest point,
height,
high water mark,
• the elevation of someone to divine status.
• "death spared Pompey the task of having to account for the apotheosis of Caesar"
Origin:
late 16th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun ‘make a god of’, from apo ‘from’ + theos ‘god’.
