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What is an idol?

What is an idol? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
  2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
  3. (Japan) Young manufactured performers (especially female) who aim to become popular via the formation of musical groups and be a general part of the entertainment industry.
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Leaving aside the religious connotations of the word, an idol in the realm of pop culture is someone that people look up to and engage with.
A vegetarian socialist with great personal charm and a definite way with the love poem, you remain an idol for female readers.
In the eyes of idolaters, the idol was seen neither as the source of their existence nor as the source of their well-being.
He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool.
Why do we build up these spiritual blogstars and then cry foul when our idol turns out to be just as fallibly human as we are?
They destroyed an idol to a god that was leading the world into immorality.

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