A person who creates or invents gods; one who makes idols or religious figures; someone who elevates another to god-like status.
From 'god' + 'maker' (Old English 'makere,' from Proto-Germanic). Compound formed to describe both literal idol-makers and metaphorical creators of cults of personality.
During the French Revolution, critics called the architects of the 'Cult of Reason' godmakers—they were deliberately inventing new religious systems from scratch, which scandalized both religious and secular people.
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