idolatrous

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This is dumb, idolatrous, and perversely fascinating.

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  1. adjective Of or having to do with idolatry.
  2. adjective Given to blind or excessive devotion to something: "The religiosity of the [group] is self-righteous and idolatrous. It perceives no virtue in its opponents and magnifies its own” (Christopher Lasch).
  3. adjective Constituting idolatry.

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  • That festival [Passover] was not idolatrous, and it was preceded by no Lent. —  theTrumpet.com: Front Page
  • Here was not tragedy but gruesome farce - idolatrous, makeshift, deadly and utterly lacking in self-control. —  New Statesman
  • This is dumb, idolatrous, and perversely fascinating. —  Joshua Treviño: obiter dictum.
  • Okay, I can understand and even applaud the mention of Rush being semi-idolatrous. —  robbymac
  • These things are certainly idolatrous, in a very obvious way; but we need to realize that there are more subtle forms of idolatry as well. —  The Thirsty Theologian
 

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/aɪˈdɑlətrəs/
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