idol

Noun

Meaning

An image or representation of anything.

An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.

That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.

A false notion or conception; a fallacy.

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Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. Arthur Eddington

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. Joseph Addison

Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age. Percy Bysshe Shelley

He who makes an idol of his interest makes a martyr of his integrity. Italian Proverb

Nobility is nothing but ancient riches, and money is the world's idol. French Proverb

He became in idol of salt. Hungarian Proverb

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