idolization

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Noun
  • Incense was a crucial part of the immersive experience of worship.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Midway through the film, each congregation visits the other’s house of worship during celebrations of Passover and Easter.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • McCauley’s opening statement speaks to the ways fandom allows celebrities like Aaron to get away with all sorts of stuff; money insulates them from consequences, and adoration blinds people from seeing the truth.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Carew said the other part of his decision to become a dual citizen of the United States and Panama is adoration for a country he’s called home for more than 60 years.
    Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
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
Noun
  • No one deserved to bask in the glow of adulation more.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The actor arrived at the Washington Square Park event in New York on October 27 to the adulation of a large crowd, kicking off an online meme whirlwind.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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
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“Idolization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idolization. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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