eidolon
Americannoun
plural
eidola, eidolons-
a phantom; apparition.
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an ideal.
noun
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an unsubstantial image; apparition; phantom
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an ideal or idealized figure
Etymology
Origin of eidolon
First recorded in 1820–30; see origin at idol
Example Sentences
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In November 2015, he wrote an essay for Eidolon, an online classics journal, clarifying that in Rome, as in the United States, paeans to multiculturalism coexisted with hatred of foreigners.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021
Donna Zuckerberg is editor-in-chief of online classics journal Eidolon, and the author of Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2019
A classicist with a PhD from Princeton, Zuckerberg edits the online journal Eidolon, publishing scholarly essays on the Greco-Roman world from academics and students.
From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2018
Is the Eidolon mission all it appears to be?
From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2017
After that, no one can be so pur-and-bat-blind as not see that North is, in very truth, Autumn's gracious self, rather than his Likeness or Eidolon.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
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