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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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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?
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.
In the eyes of idolaters, the idol was seen neither as the source of their existence nor as the source of their well-being.
I know that Dad was an idol to millions who grew up loving his music and his ideals.
Wilder grew up loving Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, but his great idol was famed director Ernst Lubitsch.
He had the look of a former idol or tennis star with his medium build, blue eyes, and short wavy blonde hair.

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