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idolum /ī-dōˈləm/ or idolon /ī-dōˈlon/ noun (pl idōˈla)- A mental image
- A fallacy (logic)
ORIGIN: L, from Gr eidolon phantom idol /īˈdl/ noun- An image of a god
- An object of worship
- An object of love, admiration or honour in an extreme degree
- An idolum
- A fantasy, a phantom (archaic)
- An impostor, a sham (obsolete)
- An image or semblance (obsolete)
- A figure or effigy (obsolete)
- A false notion or other erroneous way of looking at things to which the mind is prone as classified by Bacon in Novum Organum (also Idōˈlon or Idōˈlum; pl Idōˈla)
ORIGIN: L īdōlum, from Gr eidōlon, from eidos form, from idein (aorist) to see iˈdolism noun - The worship of idols
- Great reverence or admiration
- A fallacy (Milton)
iˈdolist noun idolizāˈtion or idolisāˈtion noun iˈdolize or iˈdolise transitive verb - To worship as an idol
- To admire or revere greatly
intransitive verb To worship idols iˈdolizer or iˈdoliser noun idoloclast /-dolˈ/ noun A destroyer of idols |