worship
noun
reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
self-worship
-
a word derived from
worship.
Example Sentences
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Self-regard bordering on self-worship and a willingness to bend the truth may have been assets that helped his rise.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2016
He has the late senator’s gift for exaggeration and self-worship, and he needs the spotlight the way a vampire needs blood.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2016
James Douglas' excellent essay "Star Lords" on The Awl pegs the rise of Silicon Valley's self-worship to Star Wars fandom run amok.
From The Verge ● Dec. 19, 2015
Then, Drexley, all your damnable warnings, all that I had ever heard of—her vanity, her heartlessness, her self-worship, came like madness into my brain.
From The Survivor by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Their love is one of those innumerable examples of self-worship and vanity.”
From Caucasian Legends by Abraam Abraamovich Goulbat
