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   i·dol·a·try

   /īˈdälətrē/

   noun

   • 1. the worship of idols. Similar idol worshipidolatrismfetishismiconolatryicon worshippaganismheathenismheresysacrilegeungodliness
   • ▪ extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone: "we must not allow our idolatry of art to obscure issues of political significance" Similar idolizationidolizingfetishizationworshipworshippingadulationadorationadoringreverenceglorificationlionizinglionizationloveadmirationlovingadmiringhero-worshippingOpposite vilification

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French idolatrie, based on Greek eidōlolatreia, from eidōlon (see idol) + -latreia ‘worship’.

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