idol
has definitions from the fields of religion,performing arts
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[ noun ] (religion) a material effigy that is worshipped as a god
Synonyms Examples "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" "money was his god" Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Stevie saw no idols ; it troubled him that he could n't always see what Papa saw . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)One morning , we discovered not_only that the pennies were missing from the idol but that a cigarette had been stubbed_out in its lap . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (performing arts) someone who is adored blindly and excessively
Synonyms Used in print (The New York Times,...)The idol of the hackers , of_course , is Ray_Ainsley , who achieved a 19 in the United_States_Open . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
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