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Meaning of degod | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To ungod, to divest of a god.
    transitive
  2. To ungod, to divest of godly powers, to strip of divinity.
    transitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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