IDOL WORSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does idol worship mean? 

• IDOL WORSHIP (noun)
  The noun IDOL WORSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods

  Familiarity information: IDOL WORSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDOL WORSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

idol worship; idolatry

Hypernyms ("idol worship" is a kind of...):

worship (the activity of worshipping)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idol worship"):

iconolatry (the worship of sacred images)

Bible-worship; bibliolatry (the worship of the Bible)

grammatolatry; verbolatry; word-worship (the worship of words)

symbol-worship; symbolatry; symbololatry (the worship of symbols)