Exaltation
noun
The action and feeling of great happiness or excitement.
She felt a sense of exaltation after hearing the wonderful news.
Often appears as...
- feel a sense of exaltation
- state of exaltation
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Approving
noun
The act of elevating someone in rank or power.
His exaltation to the status of a god among his followers was quite extreme.
Often appears as...
- exaltation to the throne
- exaltation to power
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Formal, Neutral
noun
In astrology, the sign of the zodiac in which a planet is most strong.
In his horoscope, his Sun is in its exaltation in Aries, making him very assertive and driven.
Often appears as...
- planet in exaltation
- sun in exaltation
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Technical
noun
The action and feeling of great happiness or excitement.
She felt a sense of exaltation after hearing the wonderful news.
Often appears as...
- feel a sense of exaltation
- state of exaltation
Usage tips
Approving
noun
The act of elevating someone in rank or power.
His exaltation to the status of a god among his followers was quite extreme.
Often appears as...
- exaltation to the throne
- exaltation to power
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
noun
In astrology, the sign of the zodiac in which a planet is most strong.
In his horoscope, his Sun is in its exaltation in Aries, making him very assertive and driven.
Often appears as...
- planet in exaltation
- sun in exaltation
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Dependent
Use 'exaltation' when the happiness is beyond regular joy, often for a significant event.
His victory brought a wave of exaltation across the whole community.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
'Exaltation' indicates a high level of happiness that usually comes from a profound success or achievement.
The team's exaltation was palpable after the last-minute win.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Overuse
Reserve 'exaltation' for special moments; overusing it for minor joys dilutes its impact.
Upon reaching the summit, the climbers shared a moment of exaltation.
Compare with
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Rev. Tom Honey: How...
In some way the eternal God must be able to enter into the souls of human beings and experience the torment within. And if this is true, it must also be that God knows the joy and exaltation
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Rev. Tom Honey: How...
In some way the eternal God must be able to enter into the souls of human beings and experience the torment within. And if this is true, it must also be that God knows the joy and exaltation
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
We need women who are devoted to shepherding God's children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly.
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George Saunders
American Writer
The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.
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Andre Breton
French Poet
No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
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.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
American Author
When a wave of love takes over a human being... such an exaltation takes him that he knows he has put his finger on the pulse of the great secret and the great answer.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.
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Stephane Mallarme
French Poet
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.
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John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.
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Frans Timmermans
Dutch Politician
Nationalism is like alcoholism: a short period of exaltation followed by a long period of headaches.
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Phillips Brooks
American Clergyman
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
We need women who are devoted to shepherding God's children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly.
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George Saunders
American Writer
The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.
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Andre Breton
French Poet
No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
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.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
American Author
When a wave of love takes over a human being... such an exaltation takes him that he knows he has put his finger on the pulse of the great secret and the great answer.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Besides the physical ordinance of baptism and the laying on of hands, one must be spiritually born again to gain exaltation and eternal life.
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Stephane Mallarme
French Poet
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.
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John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.
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Frans Timmermans
Dutch Politician
Nationalism is like alcoholism: a short period of exaltation followed by a long period of headaches.
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Phillips Brooks
American Clergyman
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.
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