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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.
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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.
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hero-worship
vt → anbeten, verehren; popstar etc → schwärmen für


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If you hope it turns out that what happened between him and a 19-year-old Colorado woman late last month was adulterous but not criminal, does that mean you're a hero-worshiper desperate to hold onto a shred of the good-guy image Bryant and his endorsement clients have manufactured?
BACK KOBE FOR RIGHT REASONS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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