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i·dol·ize

(īd′l-īz′)

tr.v. i·dol·ized, i·dol·iz·ing, i·dol·iz·es

1. To regard with great or uncritical admiration or devotion. See Synonyms at revere¹.

2. To worship as an idol.

i′dol·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

i′dol·iz′er n.

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idolize

(ˈaɪdəˌlaɪz) or

idolise

1. (tr) to admire or revere greatly

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to worship as an idol

3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (intr) to worship idols

iˈdolism, ˌidoliˈzation, ˌidoliˈsation n

ˈidolist, ˈidolˌizer, ˈidolˌiser n

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i•dol•ize

(ˈaɪd lˌaɪz)

v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t.

1. to regard with adoration or devotion.

2. to worship as a god.

v.i.

3. to practice idolatry.

[1590–1600]

i`dol•i•za′tion, n.

i′dol•iz`er, n.

idolize

Past participle: idolized
Gerund: idolizing

Imperative
idolize
idolize

Present
I idolize
you idolize
he/she/it idolizes
we idolize
you idolize
they idolize

Preterite
I idolized
you idolized
he/she/it idolized
we idolized
you idolized
they idolized

Present Continuous
I am idolizing
you are idolizing
he/she/it is idolizing
we are idolizing
you are idolizing
they are idolizing

Present Perfect
I have idolized
you have idolized
he/she/it has idolized
we have idolized
you have idolized
they have idolized

Past Continuous
I was idolizing
you were idolizing
he/she/it was idolizing
we were idolizing
you were idolizing
they were idolizing

Past Perfect
I had idolized
you had idolized
he/she/it had idolized
we had idolized
you had idolized
they had idolized

Future
I will idolize
you will idolize
he/she/it will idolize
we will idolize
you will idolize
they will idolize

Future Perfect
I will have idolized
you will have idolized
he/she/it will have idolized
we will have idolized
you will have idolized
they will have idolized

Future Continuous
I will be idolizing
you will be idolizing
he/she/it will be idolizing
we will be idolizing
you will be idolizing
they will be idolizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been idolizing
you have been idolizing
he/she/it has been idolizing
we have been idolizing
you have been idolizing
they have been idolizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been idolizing
you will have been idolizing
he/she/it will have been idolizing
we will have been idolizing
you will have been idolizing
they will have been idolizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been idolizing
you had been idolizing
he/she/it had been idolizing
we had been idolizing
you had been idolizing
they had been idolizing

Conditional
I would idolize
you would idolize
he/she/it would idolize
we would idolize
you would idolize
they would idolize

Past Conditional
I would have idolized
you would have idolized
he/she/it would have idolized
we would have idolized
you would have idolized
they would have idolized

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Verb

idolize - love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

hero-worship, idolise, revere, worship

adore - love intensely; "he just adored his wife"

drool over, slobber over - envy without restraint

idolize

verb worship, love, adore, admire, revere, glorify, exalt, look up to, venerate, hero-worship, deify, bow down before, dote upon, apotheosize, worship to excess Naomi idolized her father as she was growing up.

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idolize

verb

To regard with great awe and devotion:

adore, revere, reverence, venerate, worship.

Translations

zbožňovat

forgude

adorer

bálványoz

dá, dÿrka

idolatrare venerare

çok aşırı derecede sevmektapınmak

idolize

[ˈaɪdəlaɪz] VT (fig) (= worship blindly) → idolatrar

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idolize

[ˈaɪdəlaɪz] idolise (British) vt [+ person] → idolâtrer

idolize

vt → abgöttisch lieben or verehren, vergöttern; to idolize something → etw anbeten

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idolize

[ˈaɪdəˌlaɪz] vt → idolatrare

idol

(ˈaidl) noun

1. an image of a god, which is worshipped. The tribesmen bowed down before their idol.

2. a greatly loved person, thing etc. The singer was the idol of thousands of teenagers.

idolatry (aiˈdolətri) noun

1. the worship of idols.

2. too great admiration, especially of a person.

iˈdolatrous adjective

iˈdolatrously adverb

ˈidolize, ˈidolise verb

to love or admire a person etc greatly or too much. She idolized her older brother.

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The most bigoted idolizers of State authority have not thus far shown a disposition to deny the national judiciary the cognizances of maritime causes.

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Columbanus had his sights on the eternal pleasures of heaven; but it applies similarly to the fleeting pleasures of this world, and we can apply to them Louis Bourdaloue's saying: (63) "God, even though he could have, did not want to save us without us." Even more so, the state, despite what its idolizers might think, would not be able to make us happy, create our wealth, or improve our minds and our morality, without us.