Verb
To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
To practice idolatry.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate. Elbert Hubbard
It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal. Tupac Shakur
Q: Why is America the land of the overrated child and the underrated adult? Q: How can children grow up in a world in which adults idolize youthfulness? Q: What happens when the ad makers taker over all the popular myths and poetry? Marshall McLuhan
I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. Maynard James Keenan
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. Ferdinand Mount
She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about. Jeffrey Eugenides