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

While Phillips said the film was "never about addressing toxic fandom," its involuntary commentary on fandom and the idolization of cult-like figures inadvertently took Harley's characterization and flushed it down the toilet.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2024

Even having them in museums will still evoke a type of idolization.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

There’s this idolization that happens in Silicon Valley, but I think for 90 percent of the founders, it was just luck.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2021

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