plural eidolons ī-ˈdō-lənz 
or eidola ī-ˈdō-lə
or eidola ī-ˈdō-lə
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an industrialist who remains an eidolon of the visionary and ambitious self-made man
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Try Audible for free Chapter 3 eidolon, noun (seventeenth century): a spirit, phantom, or apparition Martha turned and fled through the crowd, down the wide flight of stone steps, and out into Beaumont Street, looking at nothing but the ground. —
CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025 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. —Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020 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. —Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
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CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025 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. —Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020 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. —Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
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“Eidolon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/eidolon. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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