idolatry

Example Sentences

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Many Muslims say they are prohibited from viewing images of Muhammad out of concerns of idolatry, but Muslims have varying views about such representations.

From New York Times

“Tech with its mysteries is easy to worship. It’s the idolatry of innovators.”

From New York Times

He imagined these works as sensual material portals to faraway seas, calling them “a contemporary form of idolatry, a bulwark against longing.”

From New York Times

An inevitable consequence of this chummy idolatry is that the playful tone begins to feel rather cloying.

From New York Times

The militant group ransacked and demolished several ancient sites that pre-date Islam in Iraq, denouncing them as symbols of "idolatry".

From BBC