idolize
verb (used with object)
to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
idolization
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a word derived from
idolize.
Example Sentences
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Still, defectors often say the hardest thing about transitioning to the outside world is shedding their idolization of Kim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
While Phillips said the film was "never about addressing toxic fandom," its involuntary commentary on fandom and the idolization of cult-like figures inadvertently took Harley's characterization and flushed it down the toilet.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
This is a tale of idolization, specifically the idolization of a teacher, which should suggest something about the arc of the plot.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022
How, after all, could a boy who had never grown up expect to cope with the world he found himself in, with the expectation and the demands, with the idolization and the temptation?
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
Cooksey “brought a certain idolization of Lawrence into the laboratory,” Livingston observed more than thirty years after his departure.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
