godlike
adj/ˈɡɑdlaɪk/US/ˈɡɒdlaɪk/UK
Etymology
Definitions
Having the characteristics of a god.
- Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!
- When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate.
- Godlike aliens! Man, do I hate godlike aliens! I'll trade a critter for a godlike alien, any day!
Characteristic of a god.
- And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
- Beneficence is godlike, and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts.
- It took the combined skills of three great civilizations far apart in time to frame that godlike concept in which the tangible universe itself was only a single factor.
Similar or comparable to God, the sole deity of a monotheistic religion.
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA