idolatry
The worship of idolsThe worship of idols.
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» I proceed on the assumption that anger is idolatry.
Miktsoanit · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The worship of idols.
Abgötterei, Götzendienerei, Götzendienst
идолопокло́нствоidolopoklónstvo, идолопокло́нничествоidolopoklónničestvo
ідолопокло́нствоidolopoklónstvo, ідолові́рствоidolovírstvo
the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The excessive admiration of somebody or something.
Vergötterung, Bewunderung
обожа́ниеobožánije, боготворе́ниеbogotvorénije, поклоне́ниеpoklonénije
Examples
6 sentencesI proceed on the assumption that anger is idolatry.
Abrahamic religions differ in terms of what they consider idolatry.
"Anger," he said, "is idolatry."
Jingoism is idolatry.
Idolatry is a sin in Abrahamic religions.
deDer Götzendienst ist in den abrahamitischen Religionen eine Sünde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English ydolatrie, from Old French idolatrie, from Ecclesiastical LaInherited from Middle English ydolatrie, from Old French idolatrie, from Ecclesiastical Latin īdōlatrīa, from Late Latin īdōlolatrīa, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”) & λάτρις (látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω (latreúō, “to worship”), from λάτρον (látron, “payment”). Equivalent to idol + -latry. Cognate with Modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria, and Spanish idolatría. Displaced native Old English dēofolġield (literally “devil worship”).
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Forms
plural: idolatriesSynonyms
5 synonyms- the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods:idol worship
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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