idolization

Example Sentences

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Still, defectors often say the hardest thing about transitioning to the outside world is shedding their idolization of Kim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

I drew on my idolization of my sister who was the coolest, punkest person ever.

From Salon • May 1, 2023

When pressed if he’s experienced that type of idolization himself, he quashes the idea: “I’ve seen where that goes. That’s a lesson I learned the hard way, from losing a friend.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2022

How, after all, could a boy who had never grown up expect to cope with the world he found himself in, with the expectation and the demands, with the idolization and the temptation?

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020

He hated the idea of the black inferiority complex and castigated what he called the worship and idolization of the West and their ideas.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela