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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Related Words for hero-worship
eulogize, glorify, idolize, acclaim, immortalize, worship, exalt, adulate, praise, honor, aggrandize, hero-worship, adoration, apotheosis, idolization, deificationExamples from the Web for hero-worship
Contemporary Examples of hero-worship
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 of hero-worship
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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