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Idol

//ˈaɪ.dl̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.

    "20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde, and siluer, and brasse, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, nor heare, nor walke: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts."

  2. 2
    a material effigy that is worshipped wordnet
  3. 3
    A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
  4. 4
    an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept wordnet
  5. 5
    A popular entertainer, usually young, captivating and attractive, and often female, with an image of being close to fans.

    "Tom Cruise is his idol."

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  1. 6
    someone who is adored blindly and excessively wordnet
  2. 7
    An eidolon or phantom; a misleading or elusive image or representation. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idolum and related to idea.

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