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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Eastern Wyandotte County residents saw their streets, basements, businesses and at least one place of worship flood as storms raged across the Kansas City metro and elsewhere on Monday evening.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2025 -
The council also cited the Idaho Code, which does not allow a company to own a liquor license within 300 feet of any public school, church or place of worship.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
21 May 2025
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In the comment section, many celebrities shared their love and adoration for baby Jack, including rapper Sexxy Red, actress Justine Skye and Lori Harvey.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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America’s irreplaceable contribution to winning that world war and preventing another deserves to be the object of adoration.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
8 May 2025
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His assessment is based not on the slack-jawed idolatry of elite-media toadies, but on sources nobody else thought to ring up and poke.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Unlike most contemporary acts subject to mass idolatry, Wolf Alice’s online presence (which, historically, has been minimal) has never been part of the appeal.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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To be clear, Reynolds, McElhenney, the club and its supporters deserve all the adulation.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The novel is a cautionary tale about populist leaders who are incapable of separating their need for adulation from the needs of their constituents.—
Ilan Stavans,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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So there has always been an attack on the present and a deification of the past on our way to saying that things are getting worse.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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The deification of our jazz dead is stunning to behold that way.—
Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Idolization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idolization. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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