Idol
An
idol is an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with admiration, adoration, or devotion. More specific terms include: Worship ▪ Cult image, a religion-neutral term for a man-made object that is venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents ▪ Idolatry, a term used especially in Abrahamic religions for the worship of cult images, termed
idols, perhaps tending towards iconoclasm, the destruction of images ▪ Murti, a point of focus for devotion or meditation in Hindu and Buddhist religion Entertainment ▪ Idols, one of several television shows that give formerly unknown persons an opportunity to become stars. The
Idol series began in the United Kingdom and has since spread around the world -Pakistan, Australia, Singapore, Canada, France, Germany, India, the United States, Puerto Rico, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, South Africa, West African countries, Indonesia, and many other countries.