noun
- plural of deifier; people who deify or treat someone or something as a god or divine being
Usage: formal; typically used in religious, philosophical, or critical contexts
Examples
- The deifiers of ancient emperors built temples in their honor.
- Critics accused the deifiers of the celebrity of losing all sense of perspective.
- Medieval deifiers of saints created elaborate shrines and reliquaries.
- The deifiers of technology believed it would solve all human problems.
- Historians studied how deifiers of monarchs justified absolute rule.