Degod
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Degod is a verb meaning (transitive) To ungod, to divest of a god.
Meaning
(transitive) To ungod, to divest of a god.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To ungod, to divest of godly powers, to strip of divinity.
Example Sentences
Proposals to scrap the imperial institution or to force an abdication were resisted by the occupation authorities, who saw how vital the Emperor would be for Japan's regeneration. Instead, he volunteered a ‘denial of divinity’ or, as the Americans put it, ‘degodded himself’, on New Year's Day 1946.
Word Forms
- degods
- degodding
- degodded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ungod, disdeify, undeify, unchristen, desoul, unpaganize.
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