exaltation

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Or the band that your peer group has elevated to exaltation.

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Quick take

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of exaltation gathered in one view.

noun

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

noun

the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence

noun

a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for exaltation.

noun

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

See also: ecstasy, rapture, transport, raptus

noun

the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence

noun

a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

noun

the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

Example sentences

Or the band that your peer group has elevated to exaltation.

So rather than see it as "I need to put in X hours this year to succeed", I see it as an exaltation of hard work.

So I have to live on. I don't want to fake exaltation and fill my life with extraordinary activities.

And they said in exaltation in the plurality of dialects and tongues that this is not a puzzle.

As for the exaltation due to the 'feat' that it "immediately displays how I can use the device in real life," I don't believe that that is unique to the ad.

Honestly, I think the near constant exaltation of problems like the Riemann Hypothesis, P=NP, Fermat's last theorem, etc. is more damaging to the field than good.

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.

In the 1970s, many hackers admired martial arts disciplines from a distance, sensing a compatible ideal in their exaltation of skill through rigorous self-discipline and concentration.

For the sake of those who do not refuse to think for themselves, let me say this: there was no agony in Steve Job's life, only the exaltation of living a full, rich, happy life in the course of which he saw the realization of his highest values.

I don't necessarily disagree, but it's worth pointing out that this might not always be the case:"Every mathematician worthy of the name has experienced the state of lucid exaltation in which one thought succeeds another as if miraculously.