Worshiping blindly and to excess

Usage examples of idolization.

That it was also a society that mindlessly embraced the concept of the empty symbol, whether it be in the form of rabid name-brand consumerism or idolization of an empty-headed pop-star's pretty face, lent added poignancy to the stylized dolour of its ultra-modern facade.

But I fought against seeing anything more in it, and I fought against it not from lack of reverence for the old Magister, but in part out of distaste for the cult of personality and enthusiasm in general, in part out of distaste for such enthusiasm in this special case, for the kind of cult the student Petrus practices with his idolization of the Master.

So what they said about Marie, their idolization of the demon who controlled her, didn’t snarl him up with anguish.

His admiration for Belisarius bordered on idolization, but he had never really given any thought to the general's physical characteristics.

There's no idolization of super-competent entrepreneurs to be found, and not much faith in capitalist economics either.