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Definition of idolize
idolized
;idolizing
transitive verb
: to worship as a god; broadly : to love or admire to excess the common people whom he so idolized — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
intransitive verb
: to practice idolatry
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Examples of idolize in a Sentence
an actor who is idolized by millions
she blindly idolized her older sister, refusing to acknowledge her considerable faults
Recent Examples of idolize from the Web
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As a young man growing up in a racing family, Tyler Gaffalione idolized jockey Jerry Bailey.
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Putin hung onto the old system and idolized the strength of the Soviet state.
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And our culture isn't not done exclusively idolizing thin body types, either.
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Last year, a boardwalk guest worker who grew up idolizing LeBron James drove from Point Pleasant Beach to Cleveland, scored an NBA Finals nosebleed seat and made it back in time for his shift.
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Idolizing his fellow Canadian, the ABC news presenter Peter Jennings, Brûlé aspired to be an anchorman himself, and in his early twenties worked in London for the BBC.
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His name was everywhere: on posters, buttons, souvenir books, T-shirts, hats, and homemade clothes that proclaimed with personal touches, admiration for a man idolized by millions.
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Payton idolized him and sometimes called him dad, Lorenz said.
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The Tyler Durden Fight Club alt-right idolizes Putin as a bare-chested manly man, as opposed to a metrosexual like Obama and an emasculating harpy like Hillary.
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First Known Use of idolize
1598
IDOLIZE Defined for English Language Learners
idolize
playDefinition of idolize for English Language Learners
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: to love or admire (someone) very much or too much
IDOLIZE Defined for Kids
idolize
playDefinition of idolize for Students
idolized
;idolizing
: to love or admire greatly : make an idol of The boy idolized his father.
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