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a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
a movie star whose portrayal of a comic book superhero in a blockbuster series has made him the idol of millions
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Recent Examples of idols
Being drawn to the strength of other idols has personally saved me in the past.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
One of my idols is Norman Lear, right?
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
The truth is Rae has been doing her homework, studying her idols down to their smallest moves.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
One common misconception about Hinduism, according to Hindu devotees who spoke with the Miami Herald, is that Hindus worship idols instead of worshiping one God.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Even the lounge noir aesthetic of those scenes—blood-red drapes, geometric flooring, tragic women done up like silver screen idols—has seeped into musicians’ visual lexicon.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
This legislation would allow protections against workplace bullying to apply to people in special employment relationships, from K-pop idols to apartment security guards and delivery workers.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Perhaps the country had too many of its own idols—or perhaps, as the new musical biopic Better Man argues, Williams was too gleefully self-deprecating to sincerely make the sales pitch.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
And while that brooding, dangerous-but-squishy-on-the-inside schtick made women swoon and cleared the way for the emergence of rock & roll teen idols like Elvis Presley, Dean, according to age-old Hollywood lore, was secretly gay.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2025
One of my idols is Norman Lear, right?
—H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
The truth is Rae has been doing her homework, studying her idols down to their smallest moves.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
One common misconception about Hinduism, according to Hindu devotees who spoke with the Miami Herald, is that Hindus worship idols instead of worshiping one God.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 19 Jan. 2025
Even the lounge noir aesthetic of those scenes—blood-red drapes, geometric flooring, tragic women done up like silver screen idols—has seeped into musicians’ visual lexicon.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
This legislation would allow protections against workplace bullying to apply to people in special employment relationships, from K-pop idols to apartment security guards and delivery workers.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Perhaps the country had too many of its own idols—or perhaps, as the new musical biopic Better Man argues, Williams was too gleefully self-deprecating to sincerely make the sales pitch.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
And while that brooding, dangerous-but-squishy-on-the-inside schtick made women swoon and cleared the way for the emergence of rock & roll teen idols like Elvis Presley, Dean, according to age-old Hollywood lore, was secretly gay.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Idols.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idols. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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