noun
- a person who deifies; one who treats or regards someone or something as a god or as divine
Usage: formal; relatively rare
Examples
- The deifier of ancient emperors believed they possessed divine powers.
- Critics accused him of being a deifier of celebrity culture.
- She was a deifier of nature, treating the forest as sacred.
- The deifier elevated the leader to an almost godlike status.
- Many deifiers of historical figures overlook their flaws.