'idolization' definitions:
Definition of 'idolization'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of admiring strongly [syn: adoration, idolization, idolisation]
noun
The act of worshiping blindly and to excess [syn: idolization, idolisation]
Synonyms of 'idolization'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admiration,
- adoration,
- affection,
- agape,
- Amor,
- anthropolatry,
- apotheosis,
- appreciation,
- approbation,
- approval,
- arborolatry,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- attachment,
- awe,
- bibliolatry,
- bodily love,
- breathless adoration,
- brotherly love,
- caritas,
- charity,
- Christian love,
- conjugal love,
- consideration,
- courtesy,
- deference,
- deification,
- demonolatry,
- desire,
- devotion,
- duty,
- Eros,
- esteem,
- estimation,
- exaggerated respect,
- faithful love,
- fancy,
- favor,
- fervor,
- fetishization,
- flame,
- fondness,
- free love,
- free-lovism,
- great respect,
- heart,
- hero worship,
- high regard,
- homage,
- honor,
- hygeiolatry,
- iconolatry,
- idolatry,
- idolism,
- lasciviousness,
- libido,
- like,
- liking,
- litholatry,
- love,
- lovemaking,
- married love,
- monolatry,
- ophiolatry,
- passion,
- patriolatry,
- physical love,
- physiolatry,
- phytolatry,
- Platonic love,
- popular regard,
- popularity,
- prestige,
- pyrolatry,
- regard,
- respect,
- reverence,
- reverential regard,
- sentiment,
- sex,
- sexual love,
- shine,
- spiritual love,
- tender feeling,
- tender passion,
- truelove,
- uxoriousness,
- veneration,
- weakness,
- worship,
- yearning