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ido·lum
\īˈdōləm\ noun
(plural ido·la \-lə\)
Etymology: in sense 1, from Latin & Greek; Latin, phantom, image, from Greek eidōlon phantom, image, idol; in sense 2, New Latin, from Late Latin, idol, from Greek eidōlon — more at idol
1. : eidolon
2. : a form of false thinking : fallacy, idol 5; specifically : one of the four varieties of fallacy distinguished by Francis Bacon in his Novum Organum (1620) — compare idols of the cave, idols of the forum, idols of the theater, idols of the tribe |