IDOLATRY


Meaning of IDOLATRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ aɪdɒlətri ]

1.

Someone who practises idolatry worships idols. ( FORMAL )

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2.

If you refer to someone’s admiration for a particular person as idolatry , you think it is too great and uncritical. ( FORMAL )

Their affection for her soon increased almost to idolatry.

N-UNCOUNT [ disapproval ]

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