idolization

noun

Definition of idolizationnext
as in worship
excessive admiration of or devotion to a person the mass idolization of the Renaissance artist continues to this day

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idolization
  1. worship
  2. adoration
  3. idolatry
  4. adulation
  5. deification
Noun
  • She is described in her obituary as an avid reader who loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band.
    Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The disc featured 19 tracks of worship music imbued with rock, rap and Latin influences.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of worship
Noun
  • Notice that the exhibits never leave the domain of Afro-American-Christian adoration: God and prophecy do not exit the room.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Erivo’s performance in Wicked received wide adoration amongst thespians, but her looks won our fashion-loving hearts.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of adoration
Noun
  • But as a Christian, the bigger threat in the U.S. now seems to be Evangelical idolatry—this tendency of many Christians to turn a political candidate into an idol, particularly one who has proven himself so thoroughly unfit as Donald Trump.
    Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
  • People begin drifting to certain games or consoles, staring intently at a wall of idolatry.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of idolatry
Noun
  • Dwight basking in the adulation of his band of misfits, all of whom adore him for being so adorable.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Indeed, no one is more preoccupied with such star power than Donald Trump himself, who basks in the adulation and approval of luminaries who support him and regularly lashes out at those who don’t.
    Brian Lowry, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of adulation
Noun
  • The question of his deification is a pressing one, actually.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
  • So a tidy quid pro quo is arranged: Emperor Titus will shut down the Gold faction in exchange for the other faction leaders’ support of his father’s deification in the Senate.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Definition of deification
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