hero worship
noun [ U ]
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Meaning of hero worship in English
hero-worship
verb [ T ]
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She hero-worshipped her older brother, and she was devastated when he died.
- admireI've always admired her for her generous spirit.
- respectI respect her for what she has achieved, but I would have approached it very differently.
- think highly ofEveryone thinks highly of him.
- hold someone in high esteemHer colleagues in Washington hold her in very high esteem.
- hold someone in high regardHe contributed much to the field, and was held in high regard.
- look up toShe was my older sister and I looked up to her.
- Hero-worshipping an older sibling is perfectly understandable.
- He hopes he will one day meet the writer he hero-worships.
- As a public figure hero-worshipped by countless youngsters, his drug-taking was unfortunate.
Examples of hero worship
hero worship
My dad isn't really much of a "fan," he's not into celebrity or hero worship.
From The Atlantic
Here's a great piece of travel writing, storytelling, mythmaking and hero worship -- all rolled into one book with a near record-breakingly long title.
From NPR
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But there has always been an uncomfortable aspect (or, really, two or three uncomfortable aspects) to that hero worship.
From Slate Magazine
But this hero worship provides a cover story -- a convenient ideology.
From The Seattle Times
We were not looking for any hero worship.
From NPR
Most of these guys do it for the hero worship.
From NBCNews.com
So it's not sugarcoated and it's not blind hero worship.
From NOLA.com
Invention humor helps us draw back a bit from that hero worship.
From Slate Magazine
This man died because of hero worship, nothing more.
From CBS Local
It was a plain case of hero worship on the boy's part.
From Project Gutenberg
Beginning with hero worship on the part of these devotees, the sentiment usually developed into the more intimate relation of friendship or love.
From Project Gutenberg
His personality contained that blend of strength and gentleness which she had liked in men ever since her days of inconsequential hero worship.
From Project Gutenberg
The aim of the police should be to discount as much as possible any swaggering and false hero worship.
From Project Gutenberg
Never having lived near a university town, she escaped the traditional hero worship.
From Project Gutenberg
Even yet he who many times a millionaire still walks unkempt, or merely plain and honest, has not entirely lost the halo of hero worship.
From Project Gutenberg
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