Sentence examples for intellectual idol from inspiring English sources
From this recurrent image of a road he drops into evoking the thought of his intellectual idol, the "physicist, ballistician, philosopher and psychologist" called de Selby.
Whom do the idols idolize?
Jamie Newall precisely captures Eden's mix of intellectual flakiness and matinee-idol charm with staunch support from Nigel Pegram, as a loyal private secretary, and Selva Rasalingam, who doubles effectively as Nasser and Anthony Nutting - the one minister who had the decency to resign over a war that turned Britain into a global pariah.
Now, Ratzinger was one of their idols – having embarked on a process of intellectual change that would see him question many of the most important decisions reached by the Second Vatican Council.
Why did the Republican presidential primary become an American Idol of bellicose, anti-government, anti-social, anti-intellectual rhetoric where the contestant who made the most outrageous statement was rewarded with applause, cheers and votes?
The second, the Greek term for "idol," Dr. P explained was what happens to God when we comprehend him firmly in intellectual hubris.
An emotional unquestioning consensus that isn't subjected to even the most idol of self-scrutiny: it's Jeremy Corbyn or nothing now, but nobody seems, on closer intellectual inspection, to be particularly sure why.
