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Definition of Idolisation
1. Noun. The act of admiring strongly.
Generic synonyms: Admiration, Appreciation
Specialized synonyms: Glorification
Derivative terms: Idolise, Idolize
2. Noun. The act of worshiping blindly and to excess.
Generic synonyms: Worship
Specialized synonyms: Bardolatry
Derivative terms: Idolise, Idolize
Definition of Idolisation
1. Noun. alternative spelling of idolization ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idolisation
Literary usage of Idolisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"... and to their leader Hegel, decisively repudiating the idolisation of the state
and the rationalist doctrine of the folk-spirit. ..."
2. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1906)
"... and its Utopian elements were certain to appeal to a Romanticist, as also its
insistence upon natural inequality, its idolisation of genius, ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1881)
"The peculiar position of Ober-Ammergau has enabled it hitherto to resist the
influence of idolisation, and thereby to preserve the sacred character of its ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1887)
"... homage and esteem, and his death, in 1881, called forth an enthusiasm and
idolisation which knew no bounds. But for us, and with the appearance of ..."
5. The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by Seumas MacManus (1921)
"... a musical snuff-box"—a criticism worthy of a man with a satiric Irish strain.
It corrects the idolisation of Moore which prevailed in the anglicised ..."
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