hero-worship
[heer-oh-wur-ship]
- to feel or express hero worship for.
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Origin of hero-worship
First recorded in 1880–85
hero worship
- a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
- extravagant or excessive admiration for a personal hero.
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Origin of hero worship
First recorded in 1765–75
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Examples from the Web for hero-worship
Contemporary Examples
It is to hero-worship players while considering them disposable as human beings.
Players' Physical Abuse, Sandusky Case Show Little Honor Left in FootballPeter Beinart
November 21, 2011
Historical Examples
Carlyle, in the theory of hero-worship, has made capital use of Boswell.
James BoswellWilliam Keith Leask
The latter was closely bound up with polytheism and hero-worship.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Every extravagance of hagiology can be found in hero-worship.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles DickensG. K. Chesterton
Blessed, thrice blessed, is it to find that hero-worship is not yet passed away!
Daily ThoughtsCharles Kingsley
The most famous course, on Hero-Worship, was delivered in May, 1840.
Victorian WorthiesGeorge Henry Blore
hero worship
- admiration for heroes or idealized persons
- worship by the ancient Greeks and Romans of heroes
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- (tr) to feel admiration or adulation for
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