Definition of Idol

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Definition of Idol

Idol

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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Idol Quotations

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
John Calvin

Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!
Chris Rock

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.
Shakti Gawain

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
Rabindranath Tagore

American Idol has taken over my whole life.
Paula Abdul

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists.
Paula Abdul

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
Freddie Mercury

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

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.
Kevin Bacon

Idol Translations

idol in Dutch is afgodsbeeld
idol in French is idole
idol in German is Abgott {m}
idol in Italian is idolo
idol in Latin is effigies
idol in Norwegian is avgud
idol in Swedish is avgud, idol

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