Sentence:  In 2009, in the course of It Felt Like A Kiss, the sublime theatre event Curtis put on with Punchdrunk about the birth of hyper-consumerism, I was separated from the audience and sent down a long, dark corridor, which I took to represent the <WSD>apotheosis</WSD> of individualism. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A glorified example or ideal; the apex or pinnacle (of a concept or belief).