Idol

Not to be confused with idle.

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:

Religion

• Cult image, a neutral term for a man-made object that is worshipped or venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents
• Idolatry, a pejorative term used especially in Abrahamic religions for the worship of idols
• Murti, a point of focus for devotion or meditation in Hindu and Buddhist religion (not always man-made)

Entertainment

• Idols (TV series), one of several television shows that give formerly unknown persons an opportunity to become stars.
  • Pop Idol, the original series in the United Kingdom
  • Pakistan Idol
  • Australian Idol
  • Bangladeshi Idol
  • Singapore Idol
  • Canadian Idol
  • Nouvelle Star, in France
  • Deutschland sucht den Superstar, in Germany
  • Indian Idol
  • American Idol, in the United States
  • Idol Puerto Rico
  • Idols (Danish TV series)
  • Idol (Norwegian TV series)
  • Idols (Dutch TV series), in the Netherlands
  • Ídolos (Portuguese TV series)
  • Idols (Finnish TV series)
  • Idol (Swedish TV series)
  • Idols (South African TV series)
  • Idols (West African TV series)
  • Indonesian Idol
• Teen idol, a popular celebrity "worshipped" by teenagers
• Japanese idol, a heavily promoted and merchandised singer or actor, a model that will later heavily influence the conception of "idol" in the popular culture of other Asian countries such as: Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and China.
• K-pop idol
• Billy Idol, English rock musician
• The iDol (film), a Japanese comedy movie
• Idoling!!!, a Japanese female idol group
• "Idol", an episode of the television series Power Rangers: SPD
• Matinee idol, an adored film or theater star
• Idoli, a Serbian new wave band from the early 1980s
• 1dol, a Philippine TV musical
• Idols (film), a 1943 Spanish film

Medicine

• Increased Degradation of LDL Receptor Protein (IDOL), a ubiquitin ligase that ubiquinates LDL receptors in endosomes and directs the receptors to the lysosomal compartment for degradation.

Other

• Brad Cain, a professional wrestler known as Lodi and Idol
• Idol (philosophy), one of several concepts developed by various philosophers
• Idol Records, a record label

See also

• Divinization (disambiguation)