"play God" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "playing God",
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    {
      "form": "played God",
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      "form": "played God",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With all due respect, professor, do you really think that playing God and researching human immortality is a wise idea?",
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      "glosses": [
        "To act in ways commonly associated with or reserved for God, especially by scientific means, such as exercising omnipotence or excessive control over life and nature."
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          "omnipotence",
          "omnipotence"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, usually derogatory) To act in ways commonly associated with or reserved for God, especially by scientific means, such as exercising omnipotence or excessive control over life and nature."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "God complex"
        }
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
          "word": "jugar a ser Déu"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
          "word": "giocare a fare Dio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かみをえんじる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kami wo enjiru",
          "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
          "word": "神を演じる"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
          "word": "brincar de ser Deus"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
          "word": "jugar a ser Dios"
        }
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  "word": "play God"
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      "form": "plays God",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "played God",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "played God",
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        "(intransitive, usually derogatory) To act in ways commonly associated with or reserved for God, especially by scientific means, such as exercising omnipotence or excessive control over life and nature."
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
      "word": "jugar a ser Déu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
      "word": "giocare a fare Dio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かみをえんじる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kami wo enjiru",
      "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
      "word": "神を演じる"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
      "word": "brincar de ser Deus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make life-and-death decisions",
      "word": "jugar a ser Dios"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play God"
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