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idolize

[ ahyd-l-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, i·dol·ized, i·dol·iz·ing.
  1. to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.

    Synonyms: worship, treasure, adore

  2. to worship as a god.


verb (used without object)

, i·dol·ized, i·dol·iz·ing.
  1. to practice idolatry:

    to idolize as did ancient Greece and Rome.

idolize

/ ˈaɪdəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to admire or revere greatly
  2. tr to worship as an idol
  3. intr to worship idols


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Derived Forms

  • iˈdolism, noun
  • ˈidolist, noun

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Other Words From

  • idol·i·zation noun
  • idol·izer noun
  • self-idol·ized adjective
  • self-idol·izing adjective
  • un·idol·ized adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of idolize1

First recorded in 1590–1600; idol + -ize

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Example Sentences

Who would you rather see naked—a total stranger, or someone you think you know and idolize?

He tells me that it does weird him out when he meets those who—and he hates to use these words—idolize or worship him.

I get starstruck by women who I truly idolize, such as her and Kristen Wiig.

Most of the super fans I spoke to spend a lot of time on cam sites or pay for one-on-one Web chats with the girls they idolize.

As long as we have baby-boomer nostalgia and Internet gossip, the tendencies to idolize or vandalize will be indulged.

He looked as if his division might idolize him, as it was said they did.

What was becoming weirdly clear was that these two really did idolize M1k3y, and that they'd do anything I said.

He does so, and finds there a little girl, whom he believes to be his own child, and whom he at once begins to idolize.

But the English people idolize Garibaldi, and receive him with a burst of enthusiasm unexampled in fervor.

Hitherto mankind has often been tempted by preconceived notions to idolize vain things.

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