Illudolatry
(noun)
Katakana: イルドドラトリー
Definition:
The worship, veneration, or undue reverence of an unspecified “that”, an unnamed, abstract, or indeterminate object, concept, force, or presence. Illudolatry occurs when devotion is directed not toward a clearly defined deity or idol but toward a vague something that is elevated solely by the believer’s projection, mystique, or misplaced awe.
Extended Sense:
A psychological or cultural tendency to treat impersonal systems, abstractions, algorithms, or symbolic “its” as sacred authorities, granting them obedience without understanding their nature.
Etymology:
From Latin illud (“that [neuter thing]”) + –olatry (from Greek latreia, “worship”).
Literal meaning: “worship of that.”
Example Sentence:
In an age obsessed with data and algorithms, many fall into illudolatry, devoting themselves to a faceless “that” whose workings they neither grasp nor question.
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