Usually means: Excessively admire or worship someone.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word idolatrize:

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  1. idolatrize: Merriam-Webster
  2. idolatrize: Collins English Dictionary
  3. idolatrize: Wordnik
  4. idolatrize: Wiktionary
  5. idolatrize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. idolatrize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. Idolatrize: Dictionary.com
  8. Idolatrize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. idolatrize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Idolatrize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. idolatrize: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. idolatrize: FreeDictionary.org
  13. idolatrize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (idolatrize)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To make an idol of; to idolize.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.

Similar:
idolatrise, idolize, idolise, deify, worship, idealize, apotheosize, heroize, divinize, iconize, more...

Opposite:
demonize, vilify, criticize, condemn

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Similar:
idolatrise, idolize, idolise, deify, worship, idealize, apotheosize, heroize, divinize, iconize, more...

Opposite:
demonize, vilify, criticize, condemn



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