Idol
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"Another mode of recuperation, which under certain circumstances is still more to my taste, is to auscultate idols … There are more idols in the world than realities; that is my "evil eye" for this world, it is also my "evil ear"…" --Twilight of the Idols (1889) by Friedrich Nietzsche |
Illustration: Triumph of Christianity (detail) by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602.)
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An idol is an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with blind admiration, adoration, or devotion.
More specific terms include:
- Worship
- Cult image, a religion-neutral term for a man-made object that is venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents
- Idolatry, a term used especially in Abrahamic religions for the worship of cult images, termed idols, perhaps tending towards iconoclasm, the destruction of images
- False idol
- Entertainment
- Teen idol, a popular celebrity "worshipped" by teenagers
- Billy Idol, English rock musician
- Matinee idol, an adored film or theater star
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Namesakes
- The Eternal Idol, 1889, a statue by Auguste Rodin
- Twilight of the Idols by Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Idol of Perversity, 1891, a drawing by Jean Delville
- Idols of Perversity,1986, a book by Bram Dijkstra
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