idol worship
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- noun
- /ˈaɪdəl ˈwɜrʃɪp/
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culto a ídolos
- In some cultures, idol worship is a common practice where people revere statues of gods.
- idol worship behavior
What is it about idol worship that's negative to you?
- What is it about idol worship that's negative to you?
Examples
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Ezekiel was called by God during a time in Israel of rebellion and idol worship; the sins of his people forced God's glory and presence to depart from them.
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Idol worship, murder, adultery, greed, slander, and stealing are rising in most religious communities and are somehow being justified.
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And the difference that should have defined temple worship was now little more than idol worship.
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They felt that that was idol worship in their view.
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What is it about idol worship that's negative to you?
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The idol worship for one of modern politics' most superficial figures is a little disconcerting.
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You know, Joel, he'd be really uncomfortable with all the pagan stuff and the idol worship.
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This exploratory study attempts to describe in depth the patterns of Taiwanese adolescents' idol worship behaviors.
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Nak also challenged the worth of idol worship and mechanical ritualism in the pursuit of Enlightenment, building a new path wholly distinct from Hinduism.
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Rajah could have told us who they were, I realized, even Susheela, but no amount of commentary could have counteracted the effect of ten years of Sunday School: idol worship, a sin worse than disobedience, fornication, even atheism.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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Worship of images or objects as gods
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Strong admiration that makes someone seem perfect
Worship of religious images like pictures and statues
A practice of worshipping religious images like paintings or statues
A belief that people worship an object because they think it has magic power
Giving too much value to symbols instead of what they stand for
Antonyms
- Formal
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To attack or reject widely held beliefs and institutions, for example religious images and traditions
How Worshipped
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'idol' (an image or statue venerated as a god) and 'worship' (to perform reverence), yielding 'the worship of idols.' This is a literal, compositional noun phrase and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Idol worship comes from the old practice of treating a statue, an idol, as a god and bowing or praying to it ('to worship'). So idol worship means 'the worship of a physical object as a god'.