as in worship
excessive admiration of or devotion to a person
fans of the team are well known for their idolatry of the quarterback
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Another gag involves the highly unstable Adam’s idolatry for the IDF — a joke that was clearly conceived before the current Israel-Hamas War.
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
That notion does not entirely disappear in The Guide, but Maimonides shifts to an emphasis on the commandments’ role in steering observant Jews away from idolatry, considered to be false ideas about God that represent the most corrupting force imaginable.
—Jay M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Although not artwork, the association of plants with holy figures was seen as a form of false worship or idolatry that the Reformation sought to reject.
—Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
When the exodus is complete, and all that’s left is a cesspool of right-wing bigotry and tech-industry idolatry, will Musk finally feel satisfied with what he’s created?
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
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Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
That notion does not entirely disappear in The Guide, but Maimonides shifts to an emphasis on the commandments’ role in steering observant Jews away from idolatry, considered to be false ideas about God that represent the most corrupting force imaginable.
—Jay M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Although not artwork, the association of plants with holy figures was seen as a form of false worship or idolatry that the Reformation sought to reject.
—Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
When the exodus is complete, and all that’s left is a cesspool of right-wing bigotry and tech-industry idolatry, will Musk finally feel satisfied with what he’s created?
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
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