hero worship
noun
a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
hero-worshipper
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a word derived from
hero worship.
Example Sentences
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The match between Williams and Stephens had been variously billed as a clash between patron and protégé, hero and hero-worshipper and even queen and pretender to the throne.
From Reuters ● Jan. 23, 2013
The usual put-down is to call Callow a hero-worshipper.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2010
Messrs. Allen and Spencer, in inveighing against hero-worship, are thinking exclusively of the size of the inch; I, as a hero-worshipper, attend to its seat and function.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
He is an iconoclast, but he is also a hero-worshipper.
From German Problems and Personalities by Charles Saroléa
He is a hero-worshipper, and he says Bernhard is the greatest man living.'
From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth von Arnim
