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Definitions for eidolonaɪˈdoʊ lən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ei•do•lonaɪˈdoʊ lən(n.)(pl.)-la; -lons.

  1. an unreal image; phantom; apparition.

  2. an ideal.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of eidolon:

1820–30; see idol

Wiktionary

  1. eidolon(Noun)

    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.

  2. eidolon(Noun)

    A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.

    3. Origin: From (eidōlon) "figure, representation", from (eidos) "sight", from (eidō) "I see" .

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eidolon(noun)

    an image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition

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