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/ˈdɛmiɡɒd/ · noun
(mythology) A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal..
"Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods...
He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
Use demigod when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Demigod means (mythology) A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal..
Common synonyms include half-god, hero, icon, idol.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover the defects of our demigods...
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