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Recent Examples on the WebFrankfurter simply could not stop himself from engaging in Holmes idolatry. Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022 The threat is gun idolatry, a form of gun fetish that’s fundamentally aggressive, grotesquely irresponsible, and potentially destabilizing to American democracy. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 6 June 2022 In his first ever film role, Allen is impressively memorable, balancing emotions of regret, pride, and the idolatry a child has for his father with a deftness that belied his lack of acting experience. Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 29 July 2022 In her Festival interview, Baez reflected on her discomfort with idolatry and all the fans who come to see her without, perhaps, being connected to her radical politics. Kara Voght, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2022 More than a few tweets also contain references associated with red-staters gone around the bend, from idolatry of veterans and the flag to conspiracy-theory material like chemtrails, Benghazi, and Jade Helm 15. Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 17 June 2022 However, such idolatry might be inappropriate for a man who, as his son tells it, was less invested in his own celebrity than in organizing races, and participating in them into his mid 80s. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2021 There’s nothing in this hellzapoppin lampoon to prevent one from remembering its Hollywood idolatry as The Unbearable Weight of Nicolas Cage. Armond White, National Review, 22 Apr. 2022 Ultimately this phenomenon is a kind of idolatry, an attempt to be as God is. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English ydolatrie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin idolatria, alteration of Late Latin idololatria, from Greek eidōlolatreia, from eidōlon idol + -latreia -latry