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English

Etymology
From AGr. polytonic|εἴδωλον (eidōlon) "figure, representation" < polytonic|εἶδος (eidos) "sight" < polytonic|εἴδω (eidō) "I see" .

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/aɪ'dəʊlən/
italbrac|US IPA|/aɪ'doʊlɑn/
audio|en-us-eidolon.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.

#*1936, Henry Miller, Black Spring:
#*:As a species it is extinct; as an eidolon it retains its corporeality – but only if maintained in a state of equipoise.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p.697:
#*:Kit was sitting up staring into the dark at this eidolon, inelegantly turned out contrary to a whole raft of public-decency statutes, which had come monitory and breathing in to violate Kit's insomnia.

vi:eidolon
zh:eidolon

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