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golden calf
n.
1. A golden image of a sacrificial calf fashioned by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites.2.a. Money as an object of worship; mammon.b. The subject of intense veneration: “Arms control... has evolved [into] the golden calf of liberalism” (Patrick J. Buchanan).
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Universalium. 2010.