idol

(īd'l)

1. 1. An image used as an object of worship.
   2. A false god.
2. One that is adored, often blindly or excessively.
3. Something visible but without substance.

[Middle English, from Old French idole, from Late Latin īdōlum, from Greek eidōlon, phantom, idol, from eidos, form.]

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Quotes:

"Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more." - William Wordsworth

"Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of his idolatry." - William B. Ullathorne

"When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them." - Richard H. Tawney

"The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone: the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood." - George Bernard Shaw

"'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god." - William Shakespeare

"Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another." - John Selden

See more famous quotes about Idols

• Affectionate Reference
• God and Divinity - idol: image or representation of deity, or object made into god

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Not to be confused with idle.

An idol is an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with blind admiration, adoration, or devotion.^[1]

More specific terms include:

Worship

• Cult image, a religion-neutral term for a man-made object that is venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents
• Idolatry, a term used in monotheism for the worship of cult images, termed idols, perhaps tending towards iconoclasm, the destruction of images
• Murti, a point of focus for devotion or meditation in Hindu and Buddhist religion (not always man-made)

Entertainment

• Idol series, one of several television shows that give formerly unknown persons an opportunity to become stars. The Idol series began in the United Kingdom and has since spread around the world - Australia, Singapore, Canada, France, Germany, India, the United States, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, South Africa, West African countries, Indonesia, and many other countries.
• Teen idol, a popular celebrity "worshipped" by teenagers
• Japanese idol, a heavily promoted and merchandised singer or actor
• South Korean idol
• Billy Idol, English rock musician
• The iDol, Japanese comedy movie
• Idoling!!!, a Japanese female idol group
• "Idol", an episode of the television show Power Rangers: SPD
• Matinee idol, an adored film or theater star
• The Idols, a greek pop band of the late 60s and early 70s [1]
• Idoli, a Serbian new wave band from the early 1980s
• 1dol, a Philippine TV musical

Other

• Brad Cain, a professional wrestler known as Lodi and Idol
• Idol (philosophy), one of several concepts developed by various philosophers
• Idol Records, a record label
• IDOL (software), meta software developed by Autonomy Corporation

See also

• Divinization (disambiguation)

References

1. ^ Derived from definition in Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/idol (Retrieved 2010-01-03)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - idol, afgudsbillede, afgud

idioms:

• a fallen idol    et faldent idol, en falmet stjerne

Nederlands (Dutch)
idool, afgod, afgodsbeeld

Français (French)
n. - idole

idioms:

• fallen idol    une idole déchue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Idol, Götze, Götzenbild

idioms:

• fallen idol    gestürztes Idol

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) είδωλο, (μτφ.) ίνδαλμα

idioms:

• a fallen idol    εκπεσών είδωλο

Italiano (Italian)
idolo, feticcio

idioms:

• a fallen idol    un idolo decaduto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ídolo (m)

idioms:

• a fallen idol    um ídolo caído do pedestal

Русский (Russian)
идол, кумир

idioms:

• a fallen idol    поверженный идол

Español (Spanish)
n. - ídolo, tótem

idioms:

• fallen idol    un ídolo caído, personaje público que decepciona a sus seguidores

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - idol, avgud, fantom, fördom

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
偶像, 幻象, 崇拜物

idioms:

• a fallen idol    过气的偶像

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 偶像, 幻象, 崇拜物

idioms:

• a fallen idol    過氣的偶像

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우상, 실체가 없는 모습, 선입적 오류

idioms:

• a fallen idol    타락한 우상

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 偶像, 偶像神, 邪神, 謬見

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وثن, المعبود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אליל, פסל, אדם נערץ‬

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