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 godhoodgodhood / the divinity (depends on context)

to be godhoodto attain godhood / to be divine

Say it for a higher band

5divinity (informal usage)6divinity7+godhood

Synonyms

divinity

Easily confused

divinity

Scholars study the concept of divinity across different cultures.

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