Exaltation vs Idolisation - What's the difference?
exaltation | idolisation |
The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
(astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
*1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 483:
*:He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation ’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
(rare) The collective noun for larks.
* 1989 , Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances , Park Street Press (2009), ISBN 1594770697,
* 2005 , Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai , iUniverse (2005), ISBN 0594343732,
* 2005 , Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond , Random House (2006), ISBN 9780345469663,
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As nouns the difference between exaltation and idolisation
is that exaltation is the act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation while idolisation is .exaltation
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(en noun)page 192:
- In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
page 83:
- “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
page 232:
- It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.
