Noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryProof 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