eidolon

noun

ei·do·lon ī-ˈdō-lən

plural eidolons ī-ˈdō-lənz

or eidola ī-ˈdō-lə

Synonyms of eidolon next

: an unsubstantial image : phantom

: ideal

Examples of eidolon in a Sentence

an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man

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To enlist Helen, rather than the more popular The Trojan Women, for an antiwar theme makes sense especially in the wake of the conflict in Iraq: Helen posits that a decade-long war was fought and a civilization destroyed over a mirage, an eidolon. —