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

When pressed if he’s experienced that type of idolization himself, he quashes the idea: “I’ve seen where that goes. That’s a lesson I learned the hard way, from losing a friend.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 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

Cooksey “brought a certain idolization of Lawrence into the laboratory,” Livingston observed more than thirty years after his departure.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik