idolization

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idolization
Noun
  • Dozens of hospitals, clinics shuttered In less than four years, Haiti has seen the destruction and closure of dozens of hospitals and medical clinics as armed groups take over entire towns and set up encampments in places of worship, private homes and buildings that once saved lived.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
  • More and more, Sister was a being that was beyond human, a figure of reverence and worship who possessed supernatural powers.
    Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Joseph Lawrence, whose adoration of his first wife blinds him to all other women, is getting dragged to the strip club.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
  • TikTok users were quick to share their adoration of the special moment.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Empathy rather than the idolatry of power will actually make our nation strong.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Miracle workers, moreover, often become the subjects of so much popular devotion that their authority can begin to approach idolatry or rival that of the Church itself.
    Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But in the midst of all the cheers, tears, adulation, handshakes and high fives from the patrons, fellow competitors, caddies, employees, suits, family and friends, there was only one thing on McIlroy's mind.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This figure, who writes letters of adulation to a white bodybuilder—literally named Brad—and who has no real Black family around him?
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The mountain has been widely used by the Kim dynasty to showcase the family’s own lore and deification.
    Will Ripley, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Hustle culture and the ever-shortening form of advice have led to the deification of undying devotion—whether to a cause, a goal, or a priority.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Idolization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idolization. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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