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单词 self-idolater
释义

self-idolatern.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfʌɪˈdɒlətə/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌaɪˈdɑlədər/
Forms:

α. 1600s– self-idolater.

β. 1800s– self-idolator.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, idolater n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + idolater n.With the β. forms compare -or suffix and formal variation at idolater n.
A person who idolizes or worships himself or herself; a vain or self-regarding person.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] > vain person
puppy?1544
self-lover1555
coxcomb1567
feather-cock1612
self-admirer1633
self-idolater1643
cockcomb1684
peachick1693
worship-willer1721
narcissus1767
narcissist1917
1643 H. Palmer Necessity of Venturing for Churches Help 20 The generall corruption that is in all naturally, namely self-love, which makes men self-idols, and self-idolaters.
1750 W. Hodges Elihu iii. 117 The adored object of the Self-Idolater—is the Image of God made ugly by Guilt and defaced by Pride.
1844 Ld. Leigh Walks in Country 125 And self-idolaters in drawling tone Whine about ‘brethren dear’, yet care for none.
1871 Nonconformist 27 Dec. 1270/3 I treated him with contemptuous silence. This was more than the grotesque vanity of that huge self-idolator could stand.
1918 L. H. Bailey What is Democracy? iii. 59 There are lazy folk, indifferent folk, non-contributors, gossipers, self-idolators, leeches that suck the blood of the community.
1994 H. Bloom Western Canon iii. xv. 357 What is he, we say, except a kind of..bogus poet, a narcissist, absurd self-idolater?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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