noun · formal
godhood
UK/ˈɡɒd.hʊd/US/ˈɡɑːd.hʊd/GOD·hood
Band 6-7task2speaking
the state or quality of being a god; divinity
Examples
“Ancient myths often explore the godhood of demigods born from human and divine parents.”
“Philosophers debated whether moral perfection implies godhood.”
“The cult elevated the ruler to godhood after many victories.”
Band 8 sentence
“The poet's work interrogates the boundary between human frailty and godhood, asking whether moral perfection is attainable.”
Collocations
- attain godhood
- claim godhood
- the godhood of
Word family
godhood noungodlike adjectivedivinity noun (related)
Common mistakes
the godhood→godhood / the divinity (depends on context)
to be godhood→to attain godhood / to be divine
Say it for a higher band
5divinity (informal usage)→6divinity→7+godhood
Synonyms
divinity
Easily confused
divinity
“Scholars study the concept of divinity across different cultures.”
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