idolization
- 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
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
In the process, he earned himself near-mythical status among his enemies and idolization by his Iranian hard-line supporters.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
He hated the idea of the black inferiority complex and castigated what he called the worship and idolization of the West and their ideas.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
