hero worship

¹

noun

1. a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
2. extravagant or excessive admiration for a personal hero.

hero-worship

²

[ heer-oh-wur-ship ]

verb (used with object)

, he·ro-wor·shiped, he·ro-wor·ship·ing or (especially British) he·ro-wor·shipped, he·ro-wor·ship·ping.

1. to feel or express hero worship for.

hero worship

noun

1. admiration for heroes or idealized persons
2. worship by the ancient Greeks and Romans of heroes

verb

1. tr to feel admiration or adulation for

Derived Forms

• ˈhero-ˌworshipper, noun

Other Words From

• hero-worship·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hero worship¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Origin of hero worship²

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The near-hero-worship in Washington rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of Israeli politics itself.

From The Daily Beast

It is to hero-worship players while considering them disposable as human beings.

From The Daily Beast

Pushing people to their limit wins you respect and a dose of hero worship.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps he is a little conscious of his charm; if so, it is hardly his fault, for hero-worship has been his lot from boyhood.

From Project Gutenberg

Eric learned a great deal of harm from Upton, and the misapplied hero-worship led to bad results.

From Project Gutenberg

The Homeric age is one which had outgrown ancestor and hero worship, and had not, like the age of the Cyclics, relapsed into it.

From Project Gutenberg

He is for that reason ready also to admire men of action, and is wide open for the influences of hero-worship.

From Project Gutenberg

Hero worship, this, which enlarges one's self through the admiration given to another.

From Project Gutenberg