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- Ancient Greek · derived fromεἴδωλον“image, apparition, phantom, ghost”
- English todayeidolism
From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, apparition, phantom, ghost”) + -ism.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekεἴδωλον all →
idoleidolonanidoliceidoloscopeidolomancy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.