idol

1. n. An image or representation of anything. Source: opted

2. n. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. Source: opted

3. n. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. Source: opted

4. n. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Source: opted

5. n. a material effigy that is worshipped Source: wordnet

6. n. someone who is adored blindly and excessively Source: wordnet

7. n. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept Source: wordnet

8. 1. An image or representation of anything. [Obs.] Do her adore with sacred reverence, As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. Spenser. 2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. Rev. ix. 20. 3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham. 4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge. Source: webster

9. n:100 n. a material effigy that is worshipped n. someone who is adored blindly and excessively Source: ecdict

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