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单词 idolize
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idolizev.

Brit. /ˈʌɪdəlʌɪz/, /ˈʌɪdl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈaɪdlˌaɪz/
Etymology: < idol n. + -ize suffix.
1.
a. transitive. To make an idol of, to render to (a person or thing) such adoration or worship as is commonly given to an idol; hence, to venerate, adore, or love to excess. (Cf. idolatrize v. 2.) Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > greatly or immoderately
worshipc1450
to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525
deify1590
idolize1605
idolatrize1615
reverence1748
pedestal1802
to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 494 Whose soule seduced by his erring eyes, Doth some proud Dame deuoutly Idolize.
1644 O. Cromwell Speech 9 Dec. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 316 They [sc. my soldiers] do not idolize me, but look upon the cause they fight for.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 200 The affectation, which..has prevailed in Paris..of idolizing the memory of your Henry the Fourth. View more context for this quotation
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. iii. 36 From my childhood upward I have idolized the dreams of Virtue.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 97 He idolizes you, and he lets all the world see it.
1919 M. K. Bradby Psycho-anal. 65 For instance, one person may be prone to jealousy, another to idolise.
b. In literal sense: To make into an idol, to worship as an idol or idolatrously. ? Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. ii. 15 The Moon is the same..with Diana, which the Gauls greatly idolized.
1722 J. Covel Some Acct. Greek Church 354 The Brasen Serpent..when it was abused and Idolized.
1824 T. Fenby Paraphr. Isa. ix. 7 He..Carveth a log of soundest wood To idolize.
2. intransitive. To practise idolatry (cf. idolatrize v. 1).
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > practice paganism [verb (intransitive)]
idolatrize1592
gentilize1593
idolizea1627
paganize1640
ethnicize1665
heathenize1681
infidelize1876
a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) ii. sig. D3v Twas I that taught thee first to Idolize.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Then the Jewish Apostates Idolized with it, and by it.
a1864 Fairbairn in Webster To idolize after the manner of Egypt.

Derivatives

ˈidolizing n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun]
heathenessec900
heathenshipa1000
heathendomc1000
idolatrya1325
mammetryc1330
spiritual fornicationa1340
whoredomc1350
prepucya1382
miscreancea1393
imagery1395
gentility?a1425
paganismc1425
paganityc1450
prepucec1475
Mahometry1481
superstitiousness1526
uncircumcision1526
whoring1530
idolry1535
paynimhood1543
image-worshipping1544
paganrya1550
idololatry1550
gentilism1561
old religion1567
heathenishness1571
image worship1572
heathenry1577
irreligiousness?1577
idolatrousness1583
uncircumcisedness1583
irreligion1598
ethnicism1600
infidelity1603
superstition1603
heathenism1605
idolism1608
miscreancy1611
misreligion1623
Baalisma1625
iconolatry1624
idolomania1624
idolomany1624
idolizing1637
idol-worship1667
ethnicity1772
symbololatry1828
Baal-worship1834
irreligionism1843
gentiledom1844
triology1894
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > immoderate reverence
idolatryc1386
mammetrya1400
worshipa1616
idolizing1637
idolism1816
idolization1853
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. iv. 50 The Idolizing of the Ceremonies.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xi. 74 A sinful idolizing of the Creature.
1870 J. Ruskin Aratra Pentelici ii. §33 The second great condition for the advance of the art of sculpture is that the race should possess, in addition to the mimetic instinct, the realistic or idolizing instinct.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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