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hero-worship

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he·ro-wor·ship (hîr-wûrshp)
tr.v. he·ro-wor·shiped or he·ro-wor·shipped, he·ro-wor·ship·ing or he·ro-wor·ship·ping, he·ro-wor·ships
1. To revere as an ideal.
2. To adulate.
hero-worship·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.hero-worship - love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
idolise, idolize, revere, worship
adore - love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
drool over, slobber over - envy without restraint
hero-worship
noun admiration, idolization, adulation, adoration, veneration, idealization, putting on a pedestal Their singer inspires old-fashioned hero-worship.
Translations
hero-worship
vt → anbeten, verehren; popstar etc → schwärmen für


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Of course I liked Athens best, and yet there was something in the fine behavior of the Spartans in battle, which won a heart formed for hero-worship.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Heroes are seldom given to hero-worship, but among those of that young land, young as he was, he was accounted an elder hero.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
(for the great men did not sup with the rest, but had each his own allowance in his study or the fifth-form room), cleaning candlesticks and putting in new candles, toasting cheese, bottling beer, and carrying messages about the house; and Tom, in the first blush of his hero-worship, felt it a high privilege to receive orders from and be the bearer of the supper of old Brooke.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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